A good way to measure this is to place a wooden dowel or broomstick on the back.
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A broomstick chase through Rupelstiltskin's grand digs is especially impressive.
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Flight without aid of a broomstick or other object is a relatively rare ability.
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Each one is about the size of a short section cut from a fat broomstick handle.
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They saw two wires sticking out of a broomstick-sized hole drilled into the wall.
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He wielded a sawed-off broomstick and is also wanted in a Hanover Park robbery.
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Scott uses the broomstick putter, much to the consternation of traditionalists.
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He learned golf by playing with a broomstick for a club and a rock for a ball.
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The witch riding past the moon on a broomstick is hand-painted with nontoxic dyes.
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The handle of a broom
A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is commonly used in combination with a dustpan.
Broomstick (1901u20131931) was a Thoroughbred race horse born and bred at the famous McGrathiana Stud in Kentucky, but more importantly, he was one of the great sires of American racing. Out of another great sire, the Hall of Famer Ben Brush, Broomstick went on after his racing career to produce champion after champion for many years.
(Broomsticking) The process by which a molten glass preform is gravity-drawn into a fiber form.
A skirt or dress that is characterized by numerous pleats and crinkled material.