ferule
Example Sentences
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A kind of miracle happened: the ferule of the teacher became the poet's magic wand.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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"But it was not as a knight of the ferule that you won this mark of distinction?" laughed the captain, touching a fluttering badge which depended from the chevalier's button-hole.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
Down came the hard-wood ferule, whizzing through the air like a thing of life.
From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie
The ferrule of a walking-stick is a distinct word from ferule, an aid to education.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest