broomstick• An hour later, a broomsticksettled gently on the lawn.• She once bared her backside to a crowd and once measured the private parts of three sailors with a broomstick.• It was probably this practice that gave rise to the popularimage of witches flying on broomsticks.• Mildred took her suitcase from the back of the broomstick which was hovering politely, waiting for the next command.• He seized the broomstick between his strong teeth and began to leap about, trying to wrest it from Angela's grasp.• The broomstickboundedforward and soon left the rooks behind.• The broomstickdipped and then dived towards a dark wood of tallelms and flew over the tops.• The broomstick dipped its twiggy end and soaredupward like a rocket.