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Small brooms are often labeled by their manufacturers as “lobby brooms.” I have never heard anyone refer to a broom this way. It seems odd to assume that a small broom is better suited to sweeping a lobby than a larger broom, and to the contrary when I have seen a janitor sweeping a lobby of a building he used a large broom. Why is this term used, and when did it originate? Googling it only turned up ads for the product. Edison (talk) 21:41, 2 June 2018 (UTC)