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small cane

American  

noun

  1. cane5


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Before he was many days old he was not only looking like a mouse but acting like one, too—wearing a gray hat and carrying a small cane.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

Every one carries a small cane with a button on the end of it.

From Bertha Our Little German Cousin by Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard

Its advantages are so apparent, that after one trial on each estate, it has superseded the small cane which was in general use.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

As we move out our new guide comes up, a blear-eyed, weazen-faced, quiet old man, with his bow and arrows in one hand and a small cane in the other.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

An old woman with a stand of flowers sat on a small cane chair at the corner.

From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John

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