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large cane

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noun

  1. cane5


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It began with Jean Baptiste Lully, who, as an early ensemble conductor, clobbered his toe with the large cane he used to gesture toward his 24 violins.

From Time Magazine Archive

The porter, instead of replying, examined with much contempt the white beard, the threadbare coat, and the old hat of the stranger, who held in his hand a large cane.

From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène

Before the fire in a large cane chair sat an old man with a white beard, and his head covered with a black skull cap.

From Nobody's Boy Sans Famille by Crewe-Jones, Florence

This specimen is 7 feet in length, and is made of a large cane, probably the Arundinaria macrosperma.

From Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 by Holmes, William Henry

As a matter of fact, she closed the glass door behind him, and motioned him to be seated in one of the large cane chairs before her.

From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August