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Push Broom

Definition: Push Broom

Push Broom

Noun

1. A wide broom that is pushed ahead of the sweeper.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Modern Usage: Push Broom

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'd like seventeen dollars for a push broom rebristling. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Push Broom

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
push broom	16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: Push Broom

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-h-m-o-o-p-r-s-u"
	-2 letters: morphos, rhombus.
	-3 letters: bromos, brooms, bumphs, humors, mohurs, morpho, morphs, oomphs, porous, promos, rhombs, rhumbs.
	-4 letters: booms, boors, bosom, bromo, broom, broos, brush, buhrs, bumph, bumps, burps, hobos, homos, hoops, hours, humor, humps, mohur, moors, morph, oomph, ouphs, poohs, pours, promo, proms, proso, rhomb, rhumb, romps, rooms, roups, rumps, shrub, sopor, spoor, umbos.
	Words containing the letters "b-h-m-o-o-p-r-s-u"
	+5 letters: computerphobes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: Push Broom

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 75 73 68 42 72 6F 6F 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110101 01110011 01101000 00100000 01000010 01110010 01101111 01101111 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#117 &#115 &#104 &#32 &#66 &#114 &#111 &#111 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0075 0073 0068 0042 0072 006F 006F 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5087857423684818179

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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