ferule

Example Sentences

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Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.

From Literature

A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole.

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He believes in the gospel of ferule and whips, and has perfect faith in the efficacy of flogging in homes and schools.

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As she ran she caught her thick parasol by the ferule and swung it aloft.

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Then Miss Simmonds stuck her big umbrella ferule down in the turf, and took the big book from under her arm.

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