besom
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbiː.zəm/
besom (plural besoms)
- A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
- (Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.
- Any cleansing or purifying agent.
- German: Besen, Reisigbesen
- Italian: scopa di saggina
- Russian: метла
- German: Besen
besom (besoms, present participle besoming; past and past participle besomed)
- (archaic, poetic) To sweep.
- 1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood'', page 13,
- Now, in her iceberg-white, holily laundered crinoline nightgown, under virtuous polar sheets, in her spruced and scoured dust-defying bedroom in trig and trim Bay View, a house for paying guests at the top of the town, Mrs Ogmore-Prichard widow, twice, of Mr Ogmore, linolium, retired, and Mr Prichard, failed bookmaker, who maddened by besoming, swabbing and scrubbing, the voice of the vacuum-cleaner and the fume of polish, ironically swallowed disinfectant...
- 1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood'', page 13,
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