ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Stephen, taking his ashplant from its leaningplace, followed them out and, as they went down the ladder, pulled to the slow iron door and locked it.
From Ulysses 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 walked on, waiting to be spoken to, trailing his ashplant by his side.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
—Sacrifizio incruento, Stephen said smiling, swaying his ashplant in slow swingswong from its midpoint, lightly.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
He began to beat the frayed end of his ashplant against the base of a pillar.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
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