ashplant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Bloom, holding in his hand Stephen's hat, festooned with shavings, and ashplant, stands irresolute.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
One day I took down my ashplant, spat on my fist, and set out for my cousin's place.
From Waysiders by O'Kelly, Seumas
He snatched the ashplant roughly from Stephen's hand and sprang down the steps: but Temple, hearing him move in pursuit, fled through the dusk like a wild creature, nimble and fleet-footed.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
—Sacrifizio incruento, Stephen said smiling, swaying his ashplant in slow swingswong from its midpoint, lightly.
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
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