˜yÐÄvlog

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canework

[ keyn-wurk ]

noun

  1. strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of canework1

First recorded in 1855–60; cane + work
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Example Sentences

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Each sitter is allowed a space upon a divan of yellow canework.

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They are also largely imported into Great Britain for canework.

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A couple of brightly burning ship's lanterns suspended from the beams overhead, revealed the figures of a score of armed natives, seated with their backs to the canework walls of the room; midway between them and the young king were two seamen's chests, beside which crouched the half-naked, tatooed form or old Kanka.

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The men of this country have their beds made of very light canework, so arranged that, when they have got in and are going to sleep, they are drawn up by cords nearly to the ceiling and fixed there for the night.

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Señora Barenna, who made this remark, heaved a sigh and sat back in her canework chair with that jerkiness of action which in elderly ladies usually betokens impatience with the ways of young people.

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