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
Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Down came the hard-wood ferule, whizzing through the air like a thing of life.
From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie
If he should curve his elbow in the least, it would get a rap from the master's ferule.
From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie
Jenny used to sit for hours together in St. James's Park, scratching aimlessly upon the gravel with the ferule of her parasol.
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
