I possess hundreds of coarse bristles, but I will never clean a tooth. A flying witch takes me high into the sky, even though I was made for sweeping. What am I?
A broomstick
Broomsticks have bristles for sweeping, but in Halloween lore, they are used by witches to fly.
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