or Turk’s-head, subs. phr. (common).—A round broom, of bristles or feathers, with a long handle.
d. 1849. EDGEWORTH, Love and Law, I. v. You’re no witch if you don’t see a cobweb as long as my arm. Run, run, O child, for the POPE’S-HEAD.
1852. M. W. SAVAGE, Reuben Medlicott (1864), I. iii. You are not going to send the boy to school with this ridiculous head of hair; why, his schoolfellows will use him for a POPE’S HEAD.
