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Answer for the clue "Threshed grain stalks ", 5 letters:
straw

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Usage examples of straw.

When the boy could finally catch him, he dumped Ambo into the common pen, where the ferret began rummaging round in the straw on some weaselly concern.

She took it thong and all into her treasure ball among the straw, though truly, Ambo, our big hob I mean, it may be that Ambo did steal it from her later.

Christianson were attempting to update the autopilot in order to find a good stretch of empty space to jettison the crew when Bill walked in alone, having drawn the short straw.

That was the wake-up tube he now held loosely in his mouth: the Banzai Pipeline of soda straws.

Horace Guester was out in the barn stuffing straw into new bedticks, so Alvin asked Old Peg for use of the sleigh.

He could have been in his straw right now, Bern thought, a little desperately.

Next to Jenny was Elspeth in a dim-green stuff, thin, besprent with small flowers, a fine white kerchief, and a wider straw hat.

Never before have they seen a gathering so gay with muslins, straw hats, sunshades, bonnets, little bootees, handkerchiefs, bows and fichus.

Then Lobkyn stooped the broken stump to seize, Bowed brawny back and with a wondrous ease Up by the roots the rugged bole he tore And tossed it far as it had been a straw.

Staring at the floor and the black wing-tipped shoes, glowing under ages of wax, her eyes moved up the black worsted trousers shining at the knees, to the breviary held under the same arm as the straw hat, and up to the face.

He reached down to the bench and picked up his breviary and straw hat, but did not leave.

He carried Brewster into the smithy and prepared a straw bed, well away from the forge, just to be on the safe side.

She wore a plain, tight-fitting grey gown, a small straw hat of the brimless kind, and a white linen collar about her neck.

They ran laughing, Janine clutching her wide brimmed straw hat, and Roland trying to shield her from the storm of confetti that swirled around them.

The fat huckster-women drowsing beside their wares, scarce send their voices beyond the borders of their broadbrimmed straw hats, as they softly haggle with purchasers, or tranquilly gossip together.