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large cane

American  

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

“Take that chair, Mr Glanton,” Miss Sewin went on, pointing to a large cane chair on the verandah.

From A Frontier Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

Accordingly Agib, arrayed in magnificent apparel, went along with the eunuch, who held a large cane in his hand.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

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

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

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