Cane and Tipstaff

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Cane noun - A heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment.

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Tipstaff and cane are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tipstaff" instead a noun "Cane".

Nearby Words: caning, caned

Tipstaff noun - Staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable.

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Cane and tipstaff are semantically related. You can use "Cane" instead a noun "Tipstaff".

In the Matthew Hawkwood novel Resurrectionist by James McGee, what should have been a killing thrust from Colonel Hyde's Sword Cane deflects of the tipstaff Hawkwood carries inside his coat.

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