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
He then walked twice around him; having done which he confronted him again, thumped the ferule of his umbrella on the floor, and says he: "Well!"
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
She even exaggerated, pinched her lips, like a school-girl applying herself to her book for fear of the ferule.
From The Bill-Toppers by Castaigne, J. André
But the ferule, the pen, the pestle, I abhor.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
