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large cane

American  

noun

  1. cane5


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

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