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

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

He was dressed in a light-grey lounge suit, with a straw hat and brown shoes, while in his right hand he carried a thick Malacca cane.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.

Then I saw Louis snatch the Malacca cane from its place and swing it behind his body.

From The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)