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)
People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current.
From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth
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)
