small cane

American  

noun

1. cane5

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Example Sentences

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 Time Magazine Archive

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

He was shouting forth the French drinking carol in a voice as sweet as it was loud, and at the same time waving in the air a small cane.

From Eleven Possible Cases by Fyles, Franklin

Its advantages are so apparent, that after one trial on each estate, it has superseded the small cane which was in general use.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

Tim did not speak, but his eye fell upon a small cane above the chimney-piece.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville