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broomware

broomware noun: brooms collectively.

Noun

broomware (uncountable)

  1. Brooms collectively.
    • 1 case brush and broomware1861 February 23, George Tayler, “Just Received”, in The Lyttelton Times, volume XV, number 865, page 5, column 5
    • SATURDAY, March 18, J. P. Davies & Co., WILL SELL AT SALESROOM : WHARF : ST., AT 11 O’CLOCK, A. M., Brush and Broomware, Long and Short Brooms, Hair, Cloth, Hat, Shoe, Tooth, and Nail Brushes.1864 March 17, Victoria Daily Chronicle, volume III, number 120, Victoria, Vancouver Island: Higgins & McMillan, page [2], column 4

Examples of broomware in a sentence

  • The brushware and broomware factories of the colony turned out in 1881 £41,700 worth of goods as against £12,144 worth of imports.1884, The Year-Book of Australia, page 212, column 2:
  • M‘Nab also stocks all class of household ironmongery, crockery, glassware, and earthenware, together with broomware and all useful household requisites.1905 December 30, The Freeman’s Journal, volume LVI, number 3493, Sydney, N.S.W., page 3, column 2:
  • The reason which I give to the Committee for making this request is that whereas there is a duty of 30 per cent. on brushware, there is a duty of only 20 per cent. on broomware or broom stocks.1908 March 25, Parliamentary Debates, volume XLIV, Vic.: […] [F]or the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, […], page...
  • […] the Kapai Corn-broom Company’s specimens of broomware; […]1910, Official Record, Wellington: […] John Mackay, […], page 307:

Origin of broomware

From broom + -ware.

Questions about broomware

What does broomware mean?
Broomware means brooms collectively.
How do you use broomware in a sentence?
The brushware and broomware factories of the colony turned out in 1881 £41,700 worth of goods as against £12,144 worth of imports.
What part of speech is broomware?
Broomware is a noun.

Words near broomware in the dictionary

  1. broomstraw
  2. broomtail
  3. broomtail grouper
  4. broomtail millet
  5. broomtails
  6. broomware
  7. broomweed
  8. broomweeds
  9. broomy
  10. Broomy Hill
  11. broon

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