cane
noun
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
had been caning
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past perfect progressiveof cane.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The core dubstep cognoscenti had been caning their tunes Everything Cool and Soulz for months, but nothing was officially known about them.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2011
