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noun

angling another name for split cane

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Words nearby built cane

build on, build on sand, buildout, buildup, built, built cane, built-in, built-in obsolescence, built-up, built-up roof, Buisson

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How to use built cane in a sentence

His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
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They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.
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Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.
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Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
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I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.
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The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The private chapel, built out from the house on the side next Calne, had not been used for years and years.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
He hardly recognised himself, for, the foundations being shaken, all that was built upon them trembled too.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Civilisation is built up of the "heresies" of men who thought freely and spoke bravely.
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