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

That’s what Sir John said, as he shook his Malacca cane at me; and I suppose it was my fault; but then, how could I see what was going to happen?

From Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

Colonel Glinka scrambled to his feet, half instinctively raised the deadly Malacca cane.

From Pastoral Affair by Stearns, Charles A.

A prime Malacca cane is, of course, a natural stem, and it is a nice point to have a slight irregularity in its symmetry as evidence of this.

From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes