ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By the bye have you the book, the thing, the ashplant?
From Ulysses by James Joyce
He came out of the wood-house, an ashplant in his hand.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Bloom, holding in his hand Stephen's hat, festooned with shavings, and ashplant, stands irresolute.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
—Sacrifizio incruento, Stephen said smiling, swaying his ashplant in slow swingswong from its midpoint, lightly.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
Then he turned into a lovely white ashplant, which stood there waving its boughs in a stately manner.
From The Path of Life by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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