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new brooms

new brooms is the plural of new broom.

Meaning of new broom

Noun

new broom (plural new brooms)

  1. An employee, especially a manager, that makes great changes to a business.
    • And soon people noticed that there was a new broom employed at Sweeney’s[.]1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 59

Questions about new brooms

What is new brooms the plural of?
New brooms is the plural of new broom.

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