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Meanings of caning in inglês

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Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

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        Craft of weaving seats for chairs and other wood-framed furniture from rattan or similar materials.

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              Examples for "wicker"
              Examples for "wicker"
              1
              She was seated in one of the wicker chairs, chin in hand.
              The Triflers
              2
              A wicker cage, with a lark in it, hung in the window.
              The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
              3
              Lord Monckton dropped back into the wicker chair, in the deep shadow.
              The Voice in the Fog
              4
              Two men were lounging comfortably in wide wicker chairs on the veranda.
              The Forfeit
              5
              The wicker chair was close beside the table and she sat down.
              The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
              1
              For the rest, it consisted of the wickerwork huts of the natives.
              The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
              2
              Folded up, they resemble Victorian laundry hampers, all wickerwork and striped ticking.
              The Irish Times
              3
              We are alone with our wickerwork house in an unfathomable vault.
              Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A His...
              4
              Bobby howled at the indignity, and struggled and tore at the stout wickerwork.
              Greyfriars Bobby
              5
              I suppose you're going to tell me it looks like a wickerwork basket.
              The Gods Themselves
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              colp amb bastó
              espanhol
              golpe con bastón

              Form of corporal punishment.

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                      Usage of caning in inglês
                      1
                      An extensive system of clothes-borrowing was instituted for those anticipating a caning.
                      What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
                      2
                      I ordered them an immediate caning, Mr Carnaby, and not mental torture.
                      The Crofton Boys
                      3
                      Of course they all assumed that I was threatening her with a caning.
                      Ghost Story
                      4
                      My first experience of a caning was for talking in class.
                      News.com.au
                      5
                      As for the caning, I thought nothing at all of that.
                      Diary in America, Series One
                      6
                      She decided not to dwell on the horror of the caning.
                      The last page
                      7
                      Or I shall be tempted to sentence you to a caning.
                      The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall
                      8
                      There was plenty of caning, but no bullying, and Latin was well taught.
                      The Life of Froude
                      9
                      Twelve o'clock came, and Duncan and Eric received a severe caning.
                      Eric; Or, Little by Little
                      10
                      Previously, public caning has been livestreamed and uploaded on the Internet, drawing international criticism.
                      Reuters
                      11
                      Is there not a case for a return to caning?
                      The Irish Times
                      12
                      Refers to the recent caning of American Michael Fay for spray-painting a car there.
                      The new yorker
                      13
                      The whole chair bottom was made out of one strip just like in caning.
                      Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                      14
                      She spent all of life cooking, washing, sewing and caning.
                      The Biography of a Rabbit
                      15
                      It all came about thanks to a caning they delivered the Black Caps overnight.
                      Radio NZ
                      16
                      Mr Najib might be exempt from caning because he is over the age of 50.
                      The Irish Times
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                      Caning through the time
                      Caning across language varieties
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