ramrod

• She sprang to her feet and stood straight and stiff as a ramrod, the very embodiment of righteous indignation. —  Maigret and the Toy Village—Simenon, Georges - 46
• But he stood as straight as a ramrod, and his words sank into me like rain falling on parched soil. —  forestmage
• A fresh, handsome veteran he was, too—tall and straight as a ramrod, and exceedingly winsome in his manners. —  Recollections of a Long Life
• He stood as straight as a ramrod, his hands to his sides, his eyeglass jammed in his eye, and Hamilton of the Houssas looked at him sorrowfully Bones, you're an ass!" —  Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country
• "Let's splice one of these willow-poles to my ramrod, and I'll screw it into him, and draw him to the surface in a jiffy. —  The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North

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