different between broomie vs broomier

English

From broom +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

broomie (plural broomies)

(informal) A person who wields a broom.
(informal, Australia) A person who sweeps the floor and possibly does other menial tasks in a shearing shed.
(informal, US) A broomtail (unbroken range mare).
- 1972 August, Adrienne Richard, Sundance and the Princess, Boys' Life, page 22,
  A broomtail, we called it, and usually broomies had their tails “pulled,” trimmed up, when they were broken to saddle, but I didn't want Sundance?s tail cut.

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