Malacca cane

American  

noun

1. a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum.

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Etymology

Origin of Malacca cane

First recorded in 1835–45

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Malacca cane

Ray says John F Kennedy liked a Malacca cane handle with a gold collar on his brolly when he was US president.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2014

Malacca cane, topped by a crutch-shaped gold head.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ritter habitually carries this Malacca cane, and the cunning of Mirsky at once suggests that this tube should be made in outward fac-simile.

From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Morrison, Arthur

The one thing in good condition about him was the Malacca cane he carried, which had a carved jade handle, and was altogether out of keeping with his general appearance.

From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

He will see the choleric East-India uncle, with a red face, and a Malacca cane held by the middle, stumping about, and bullying his nephew,—"a young rascal,"—or his niece,—"you baggage, you."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various