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
He wore a long ulster coat and a broad-brimmed hat, and carried a large cane.
From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by W. W. (William Wallace) Denslow
“Take that chair, Mr Glanton,” Miss Sewin went on, pointing to a large cane chair on the verandah.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
In the street the police wore a blue coat and had a large cane in his hand.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
It was dusk now, and when Harry went to his room he lit a couple of candles and seated himself in a large cane arm-chair and opened his letters.
From The Treasure of the Incas by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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