whangee
Americannoun
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a bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys, of China.
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a walking stick or cane made from the stem of this plant.
noun
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any tall woody grass of the S and SE Asian genus Phyllostachys, grown for its stems, which are used for bamboo canes and as a source of paper pulp
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a cane or walking stick made from the stem of any of these plants
Etymology
Origin of whangee
1780–90; < Chinese huáng hard bamboo + -ee < ?
Example Sentences
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Mallory Ortberg: “Jeeves, bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg. I’m going into the Park to do pastoral dances.”
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2017
Your uncle had a whangee with him, and the episode remains photographically lined on the tablets of my mind when a yesterday has faded from its page.
From The Little Warrior by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
We tossed for clubs, and as I won I picked a driver and a hockey stick, leaving Laxey a brassie and a putter head tied to a whangee cane that gave it plenty of whip.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04 by Various
Then bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg.
From Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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