raise cane

verb

Eggcorn of raise Cain.

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Meanings

verbraise cane (third-person singular simple present raises cane, present participle raising cane, simple past and past participle raised cane)

present singular third person raises cane · participle present raising cane · participle past raised cane · past raised cane

  1. Eggcorn of raise Cain.

    “I wasn’t there, but my mother told me that he raised so much cane that they had to call security.”

    2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 202
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, cane: for example, grow sugarcane.
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APA

raise cane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raise%20cane

MLA

“raise cane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raise%20cane. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raise cane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raise%20cane.

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