whisk broom
noun
: a small broom with a short handle used especially for light cleaning or as a clothes brush
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The next morning her whisk broom exposed a pearly array of human teeth: the lower jaw of an adult Neanderthal skeleton.
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James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Seven-month-old Lucille Kachuk chortled as a woman tickled her feet with a small black whisk broom, while mother Danielle Bessette danced next to her stroller.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
Make this step easier by keeping a whisk broom and dust pan in an attractive basket near the fireplace.
—Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
Bushels of whisk brooms, made of straw and horsehair and boar hair, lie on shelves.
—Annie Correal, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
The past two years they have been swept. James' toolbox probably included a whisk broom.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 7 May 2018
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James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Seven-month-old Lucille Kachuk chortled as a woman tickled her feet with a small black whisk broom, while mother Danielle Bessette danced next to her stroller.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
Make this step easier by keeping a whisk broom and dust pan in an attractive basket near the fireplace.
—Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
Bushels of whisk brooms, made of straw and horsehair and boar hair, lie on shelves.
—Annie Correal, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
The past two years they have been swept. James' toolbox probably included a whisk broom.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 7 May 2018
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