besom
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Is besom a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Scotland, Northern England, derogatory) A troublesome woman.Examples: ""Eh, but she was a besom, if a' tales be true !""; "Janet's eyes began to look dim, and I had to frown at her very hard; then I had to turn my frown on Jean ... and Janet, the besom, took advantage of my divided attention."; "Uncle Angus went on about the behavior of the car. "She's a besom, a proper besom, her and her gears. She'll be the death of me yet one of these days.""Northern-EnglandScotlandderogatory
verb (English)
1. (archaic or poetic) To sweep.Examples: "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..."archaicpoetic
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