abacus

Example Sentences

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The wooden beads of the abacus clicked against each other.

From Literature

Calculators, cars and probably candles and the abacus were considered a menace to society.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cassiopeia proved it by using her fingers to do sums on her abacus, and flicked the beads up and down with nary a wince.

From Literature

The sails had gone slack, and the disappointed girl slumped in one of the cozy nursery chairs and clicked idly at the beads of her abacus: back and forth, back and forth.

From Literature

“No, we do not need a sextant—nor an abacus, Cassiopeia, please put that back.”

From Literature