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

We know full well that you Will keep him long at tasks that speak Of books and ferule, too!

From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)

He had a stick in his hand, which seemed to be armed at the lower end with a little ferule of iron.

From Rollo in London by Abbott, Jacob

"His ferule was sharp as a knife," said overgrown Jo Tucker, the butt of the school.

From Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various