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cane

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Synonyms and Antonyms of cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmasterʼs educational tools

Synonyms of cane

bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, club, cudgel, nightstick, rod, rung [Scottish], sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]

Words Related to cane

blackjack, knobkerrie, mace

birch, crabstick, hickory, rattan, stave, switch

beetle, gavel, hammer, mallet, maul, sledgehammer

crook, crosier (or crozier), walking stick, whangee

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