ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Though his coat was girt by a sword-belt he carried no weapons of steel, apparently depending for protection, if such a giant required its aid, on a long and heavy ashplant.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
By the bye have you the book, the thing, the ashplant?
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Stephen throws his ashplant on the table and seizes Zoe round the waist.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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