noun
Meaning 1
A person who wields a broom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Standard Lemma guide
broomie
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who sweeps the floor and possibly does other menial tasks in a shearing shed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A broomtail (unbroken range mare).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Examples
- 1972 August, Adrienne Richard, Sundance and the Princess, Boys' Life, page 22, A broomtail, we called it, and usually broomies had their tails “pulled,” trimmed up, when they were broken to saddle, but I didn't want Sundance′s tail cut.
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History
Etymology
From broom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).