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ashplant
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synonyms: ~shillelagh ???
tags: [ireland]
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Definition:a walking cane/stick
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The colonnade above him made him think vaguely of an ancient temple and the ashplant on which he leaned wearily of the curved stick of an augur. / He began to beat the frayed end of his ashplant against the base of a pillar.
James Joyce. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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