English Explanatory Dictionary

Trigger's broom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An object that has had all of its components replaced; a ship of Theseus.

Word forms

Trigger's broom

Etymology

From the episode "Heroes and Villains" (1996) of the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, where the character Trigger receives an award for saving the council money by using the same broom for twenty years, despite it receiving seventeen new heads and fourteen new handles.

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