ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He stood on the steps of the library to look at them, leaning wearily on his ashplant.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
Then he turned into a lovely white ashplant, which stood there waving its boughs in a stately manner.
From The Path of Life by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
He snatched the ashplant roughly from Stephen's hand and sprang down the steps: but Temple, hearing him move in pursuit, fled through the dusk like a wild creature, nimble and fleet-footed.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
Bloom, holding the hat and ashplant, stands erect.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
He gave me the time-a-day And doitered over the hill, Walloping his gay ashplant And shouting his fill.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
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