the cane

noun

: a form of punishment in which a person is hit with a cane or stick
In the past, some teachers would resort to the cane when students misbehaved.

Examples of the cane in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ivan would have to find a way to reach into his pocket while holding both the cane and the passport. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 The distance between their beds, police said, was about 23 inches and the cane was 32 inches long. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024 Men cut the cane, and women tie and slack the bundles. Theara Coleman, theweek, 27 Mar. 2024 Avoid wounding the cane, which allows penetration and infection by disease. Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024 Meanwhile, dachshunds are at a nearly two-decade peak, the cane corso is making moves, and there’s a new breed in the mix. Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024 The main difference is the cane identifies obstacles. Rachel Chang and Thomas Panek, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024 By tapping and touching, the sightless person does not feel the cane per se but the objects—the curb, the doorway—that are felt through the tool, in the same way sighted people experience these objects through their eyes. Chip Colwell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 For a time in the late 1960s, the cane chairs, now avatars of modern design, seemed ubiquitous in certain American households. Penelope Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024

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“The cane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cane. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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