whangee
a bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys, of China.
a walking stick or cane made from the stem of this plant.
Origin of whangee
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How to use whangee in a sentence
I then took my nice little steel whangee, beautifully polished, and tickled the delinquent.
He was subjected to a long insolent scrutiny, a whangee cane smote him sharply across the back.
The Bright Shawl | Joseph HergesheimerBesides, he once licked the stuffing out of me with a whangee.
Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
British Dictionary definitions for whangee
/ (wæŋˈiː) /
any tall woody grass of the S and SE Asian genus Phyllostachys, grown for its stems, which are used for bamboo canes and as a source of paper pulp
a cane or walking stick made from the stem of any of these plants
Origin of whangee
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