cane
noun
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
cany
-
a word derived from
cane.
Example Sentences
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Why, he’d even cany out our knives, forks, and spoons.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Tyrion pitied the slaves who had to cany him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“Yes, we’re all right,” Papa said, “but the old man has a bad ankle. It looks like we’ll have to cany him out.”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
He could cany a burning stick and build a signal and perhaps attract attention.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could cany, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his followers to keep up.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
