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a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.[1690-1700]
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cane chair
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cane-chair — caneˈ chair noun A chair made of rattan • • • Main Entry: ↑cane … Useful english dictionary
cane chair — noun : a chair having cane in the seat or back * * * a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane. [1690 1700] * * * cane chair, a chair with the seat made of cane strips. * * * n. a chair with a seat made of woven… … Useful english dictionary
cane chair — /ˈkeɪn tʃɛə/ (say kayn chair) noun a chair made of interwoven rattan cane …
cane — n. & v. n. 1 a the hollow jointed stem of giant reeds or grasses (bamboo cane). b the solid stem of slender palms (malacca cane). 2 = sugar cane. 3 a raspberry cane. 4 material of cane used for wickerwork etc. 5 a a cane used as a walking stick… … Useful english dictionary
cane — cane1 [keın] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Old Provençal cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, from a Semitic language] 1.) [U] thin pieces of the stems of plants, used for making furniture and baskets ▪ a cane chair ▪ cane… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cane — 1 noun 1 (C) a long thin stick with a curved handle used to help someone walk see also: stick 2 (2) 2 (U) thin pieces of the stems of plants used for making furniture, baskets etc: a cane chair 3 (C) a long, hard, yellow stem of a bamboo, used… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cane — [kān] n. [ME & OFr canne < It canna < L, reed, cane < Gr kanna; prob. < Assyr qanū (or Heb qaneh), tube, reed < Sumerian gin] 1. the slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan 2. any plant … English World dictionary
cane-bottomed — caneˈ bottomed adjective (of a chair, etc) having a seat of interwoven cane strips • • • Main Entry: ↑cane … Useful english dictionary
Can eat the arse out of a rag doll through a cane chair — be very hungry … Dictionary of Australian slang
can eat the arse out of a rag doll through a cane chair — Australian Slang be very hungry … English dialects glossary
