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Second One To Cry Besom

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noun

• an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

• a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet

• little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

43%7 Also known as a besom stick
noun

• The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing.

41%13 Used for making besom brooms
noun

• Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes

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The Guardian Cryptic25 May 2018 Down 20
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