And no a weiss-like servant, either, but one o' they besoms ye see on the hoardings in London wha act in plays.
"Jan and Her Job"
L. Allen Harker
"No, he is away with some of the heath people, hawking besoms and chairs about the country.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes
The Spae-Woman had brought besoms to the town to sell.
"The King of Ireland's Son"
Padraic Colum