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Meanings of magic wand in English

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Knife-like objects that were used in ancient Egypt.

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Examples for "apotropaic wand"
Examples for "apotropaic wand"
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She revealed nothing of the same pleasures in the shining of the others touched by her magical wand.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3
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Youth is like a fairy whose magical wand evokes the most graceful images and the most alluring phantoms.
Serious Hours of a Young Lady
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This is a magical wand, and is covered with inscriptions of the same character as those on the outside of the box.
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
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Before, however, they could do so she was up to them, and flourishing her magical wand she struck them both on the shoulders.
Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
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Sparkler overdose and I remain a sucker for sparklers (could there have been a more magical wand in all the world?)
The South African
Usage of magic wand in English
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And Larry Oblivion has been using his magic wand to good effect.
A Hard Day’s Knight
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We can't wave a magic wand over the entire countryside, he said.
The Guardian
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How clever of you- Ifeelas if you had a magic wand.
There was a King in Egypt
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But you don't have a magic wand and this isn't a fairytale.
Chocolate chip cookie murder
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He can't wave a magic wand and make it all go away.
The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
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The magic secrets died with him when the magic wand was broken.
The new yorker
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It was as if a magic wand had waved it all away.
Ebony
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Gabby waves around a tube of red lipstick like a magic wand.
Never Have I Ever
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We don't have a magic wand to say load shedding is over.
The South African
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It's like a magic wand for your face without being too harsh.
News.com.au
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Of course a new national currency is not a magic wand.
The Guardian
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Many experts say the military does not hold a magic wand.
Reuters
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We've been touched with a magic wand, and we must enjoy the moment.
Reuters
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But the magic wand in our situation isn't sacking Gareth Southgate.
The Irish Times
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But that's not going to happen with the wave of a magic wand.
Reuters
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Larry pulled out his magic wand, started to say something, then stopped abruptly.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
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Magic wand through the time
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