large cane
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 next day we marched on, and at night took up camp near a large cane brake.
From A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee. by Davy Crockett
Maggie was coming out of the house with a large cane easy-chair and a large cushion.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
Pace stood by the gate with a large cane, but made no resistance; in fact, he was not a bad man, but was being misled by evil company.
From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Alfred Henry Lewis
Lheureux sat down in a large cane arm-chair, saying: "What news?"
From Madame Bovary by Eleanor Marx Aveling
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