rattan

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
   countable, uncountable
3. The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.
   uncountable
4. A cane made from this material.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It took Elwood an hour to find⟳ Mr. Gladwell, who sat in a big rattan chair at the edge of the sweet potato fields.”

“He who first acts as striker asks the other how many blows of the rattan he will bear⟳ on his forearm without crying out.”

““My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut⟳ at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say⟳ if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.””

“[…]the rattan is still a valued instrument of discipline[…]”

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