As he got older he had to walk with a cane. From LearnThat.org.
That a fashionable cane is like a fashionable Beau. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 86] Reference
The ivory skull handle on this rosewood walking cane is quite amazing. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
NOTE: If sugar cane is unavailable, increase the amount of sugar added. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday punch: Ponche navideño] Reference
He even got humor out of his misfortune, because he called his cane his "wife.". From Wordnik.com. [Charles Frohman: Manager and Man] Reference
Bertie Wooster, with his spats and his cane, is the traditional stage Englishman. From Wordnik.com. [In Defence of P. G. Wodehouse] Reference
So large has the cane loomed in the matter of chastisement that the word cane has become. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
On a per-acre basis, sugar cane is about 6 times more efficient than corn at converting sunlight to ethanol. From Wordnik.com. [Ethanol Enthusiasts, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
It's a shipping center for coconuts, bananas, limes, avocados, mangoes and sugar cane from the local plantations. From Wordnik.com. [Walking the walk, talking the talk - Atlantis in Mexico part 2] Reference
The green seas of sugar cane give way to scared charred fields when the cane is cut, looking like dead alien landscapes. From Wordnik.com. [Zafra] Reference
The handle of his cane was a huge knob of carved ivory. From Wordnik.com. [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference
Cleggett's own sword cane in the other, was leading the rush. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Jasper B.] Reference
The cane was the worst; affecting a bad back was giving her one. From Wordnik.com. [Soul of the Fire]
THE first point I made for was what was called the cane break swamp. From Wordnik.com. [A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H. Banks, an Escaped Slave, from the Cotton State, Alabama, in America.] Reference
The cane was a tangle of luxuriance, affording the richest pastures. From Wordnik.com. [The First White Man of the West]
When making a formal or brief call the cane should be left in the hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
LowFlyingMule > i have a sword cane that my grandpa brought back from WWII. From Wordnik.com. [linkfilter.net - fresh links] Reference
The cane is a non-native plant introduced by Spanish explorers centuries ago. From Wordnik.com. [wacotrib - Latest News Headlines] Reference
There are several varieties of this substance, of which the kinds termed cane sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock] Reference
A cane is the correct thing for a man when walking, except when engaged in business. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Thereupon Professor Mitchell sallied forth with a sword cane and was again driven back. From Wordnik.com. [History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868] Reference
Another time, some thugs, led by a ringleader with a sword cane, tried to run the stage. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz Log] Reference
Nothing, however, was said of Dr. Mitchell's sword cane, which was probably a hickory stick. From Wordnik.com. [History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868] Reference
According to the police something described as a cane or stick was used, with a pin at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Jihad Watch] Reference
According to the police something described as a cane or stick was used, with a pin at the end. From Wordnik.com. [Tundra Tabloids.......] Reference
In their bid to secure supplies of cane, which is in short supply, mills would have to offer more. From Wordnik.com. [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference
Many who were actively engaged in politics felt compelled to carry a sword cane for defence if attacked. From Wordnik.com. [The American Judiciary] Reference
Joly had a trick of touching his nose with the tip of his cane, which is an indication of a sagacious mind. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The cane was a trifle higher than our heads, and the wide-spreading leaves of the banana hid the sky from view. From Wordnik.com. [Bamboo Tales] Reference
Asal Katr; "a fine kind of black honey, treacle" says Lane; but it is afterwards called cane-honey ( 'Asal Kasab). From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Shook still suffers from nerve pain, but walking with a cane is a small price for him to be using his legs at all. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Hal became aware of a large, black, knobby stick, which it were inadequate to call a cane, in his new opponent's grasp. From Wordnik.com. [The Clarion] Reference
A great many fields are reduced to the fine dust above described to receive the sugar-cane, which is planted in February. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II] Reference
Our captain carried a sword cane which confused him a little as the lower part occasionally stuck in the mud and came off. From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
In particular, what did we do with the lands used for the production of sugar cane, that is to say, with the large sugar estates?. From Wordnik.com. [FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTA] Reference
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