How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
jump the broom — To jump the broom is to marry. (Jump over the broom, jump over the broomstick, jump the broomstick are also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
leap the broomstick — obsolete to live together as a couple without marrying A variant of jump the broomstick and also as leap the besom. It applied to couples who were by choice cohabiting without being married, or to those without access to a priest: … … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
over the broomstick — obsolete cohabiting and copulating outside marriage The outcome if you decided to jump the broomstick: ... this woman in Garradstreet here, had been married very young, over the broomstick (as we say), to a tramping man. (C. Dickens … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
jump over the broomstick — phrasal or jump the broom dialect : to get married we ought to jump the broom J.H.Stuart … Useful english dictionary
jump the broom — phrasal see jump over the broomstick … Useful english dictionary
broomstick match — see jump the broomstick … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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broomstick — /ˈbrumstɪk/ (say broohmstik) noun 1. the long stick forming the handle of a broom. –phrase 2. jump (or marry){{}} (over) the broomstick (or broom), British (formerly, especially in Wales) to go through a quasi marri …
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