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 Literature
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Each held a small cane in his hand, and with no other arms they led the two bands from barrier to barrier through the city, till they were safe within the precincts of the Louvre.
From Project Gutenberg
At the governor's left marches Miles Standish, his rapier lifting up the corner of his mantle, and carrying a small cane in his hand.
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Macallister noted that one man placed a small cane basket under a thwart, and he suspected what was inside.
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In this sub-valley we found our way impeded by another difficulty—namely, the brush and small canes that grew near the brook.
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