Definition of "hearth-broom" [hearth-broom]

• A small broom used about a fireplace for sweeping up ashes, cinders, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But Meg, without deigning farther reply, flourished around her head the hearth-broom, which she had been employing to its more legitimate purpose, when disturbed in her housewifery by Captain"
• "In my opinion she would storm a town, single-handed, with a hearth-broom, and carry it."
• "But finding nothing better to his purpose, he cut some bristles off his hearth-broom, and enclosed them in a letter to his country enthusiast, who received them with due reverence."