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n.
1. A bundle of twigs attached to a handle and used as a broom.
2. Sports The broom used to sweep the ice from the path of a curling stone.
[Middle English, from Old English besma.]
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No, I think that was a reference to a certain book series concerning flying on brooms during a game, not using them on ice.hmmm, like sweeping away everything by turning it to ash.
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