ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Stephen stands at the pianola on which sprawl his hat and ashplant.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
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 Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
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 James Joyce
—Sacrifizio incruento, Stephen said smiling, swaying his ashplant in slow swingswong from its midpoint, lightly.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
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 James Joyce
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