ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Preparatory to anything else Mr Bloom brushed off the greater bulk of the shavings and handed Stephen the hat and ashplant and bucked him up generally in orthodox Samaritan fashion which he very badly needed.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
It was a light, tough ashplant, with a silver band around the handle.
From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis
Stephen with hat ashplant frogsplits in middle highkicks with skykicking mouth shut hand clasp part under thigh.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Stephen stands at the pianola on which sprawl his hat and ashplant.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
He came out of the wood-house, an ashplant in his hand.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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