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Its advantages are so apparent, that after one trial on each estate, it has superseded the small cane which was in general use.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