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
An old woman with a stand of flowers sat on a small cane chair at the corner.
From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John
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 Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
The instrument usually employed was a small cane, about four inches long, with five or six teeth fixed into it on opposite sides.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
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.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
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