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

"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

Jenny used to sit for hours together in St. James's Park, scratching aimlessly upon the gravel with the ferule of her parasol.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

When a child was sent to school in those days, the classic phrase was that he was placed under Mr. So-and-so's ferule.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George