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

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

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson

The man's face was almost hidden by his cap and by the blue puffs of his pipe; the girl's was averted towards the ground where, with the ferule of her umbrella, she lazily drew signs.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

"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