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ashplants

ashplants is the plural of ashplant.

Meaning of ashplant

Noun

ashplant (plural ashplants)

  1. An ash sapling.
  2. (Ireland) A walking stick.
    • 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.1922, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, page 264
  3. A cane for administering corporal punishment.
    • Bob Cherry bent over and touched his toes. The ashplant swished and swished.1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Kidnapped from the Air

Questions about ashplants

What is ashplants the plural of?
Ashplants is the plural of ashplant.

Words near ashplants in the dictionary

  1. ashpans
  2. Ashperton
  3. ashpit
  4. ashpits
  5. ashplant
  6. ashplants
  7. Ashprington
  8. ASHPs
  9. Ashqabat
  10. Ashqelon
  11. ASHRAE

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