large cane
Americannoun
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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.
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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 Lewis, Alfred Henry
Lheureux sat down in a large cane arm-chair, saying: "What news?"
From Madame Bovary by Aveling, Eleanor Marx
For after the governor's order was executed, two old men appeared before him; one of them with a large cane in his hand, which he used as a staff.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
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
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