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the original power move: half mobility aid, half villain accessory, all swagger.
means A slender stick, often of wood or bamboo, used to support one's walk, to strike, or as a stylish accessory — and also the woody jointed stem of plants like sugarcane and bamboo.
from From Old French 'cane,' from Latin 'canna' (reed, cane), borrowed in turn from Greek 'kanna,' which is widely thought to trace back to a Semitic source — compare Hebrew 'qaneh' and Akkadian 'qanu,' meaning reed. So the word literally begins as a hollow marsh plant; the walking stick is named for the plant it was first cut from, and from that same reedy root we also get 'canal,' 'channel,' 'cannon,' and 'canyon' — all things shaped like a hollow tube.
- sugar source
- Sugarcane gives the world most of its sugar.
- hidden blades
- Victorian sword canes concealed steel inside the shaft.
- royal staff
- Pharaohs carried canes as symbols of power.
- bamboo kin
- Many canes are grass, not wood.
- jazz prop
- Vaudeville dancers twirled them as rhythm partners.
sugar cane — brazil produces 90% of world's sugar cane, primarily in são paulo state
walking cane — charlie chaplin's iconic cane, used in 'modern times' and other films
candy cane — originally straight sugar sticks, bent into j-shape in 17th century germany