Meanings
adjectivecane-like (comparative more cane-like, superlative most cane-like)
comparative more cane-like · superlative most cane-like
- alternativeAlternative form of canelike.
The coaches were filthy outside and did not appear to have been painted or washed for years. Inside there were uncomfortable seats covered with a cane-like material.
1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 492
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