broomie

n. <澳新>(剪羊毛小棚屋里的)扫地工

词形变化

broomies 复数 broomies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who wields a broom.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    A person who sweeps the floor and possibly does other menial tasks in a shearing shed.

    澳大利亚 非正式
  3. 3.

    A broomtail (unbroken range mare).

    美国 非正式

    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.

词源

From broom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

来源：wiktionary