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Definition of Canebrakes
1. canebrake [n] - See also: canebrake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canebrakes
Literary usage of Canebrakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt (1908)
"CHAPTER XII IN THE LOUISIANA canebrakes IN October, 1907, I spent a fortnight in
the cane- brakes of northern Louisiana, my hosts being Messrs. ..."
2. First and Second Reports of the Bureau of Agriculture for the State of by Joseph Buckner Killebrew, Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture (1874)
"There being then no road save the paths of wild beasts, these pioneers struck
out boldly into the great forest, encountering at every step canebrakes, ..."
3. A Beginner's History by William Harrison Mace (1921)
"Boone Goes to the Land of canebrakes and Blue Grass. While the people along the
... Now and then, hundreds of buffaloes came rushing through the canebrakes. ..."
4. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1903)
"But panthers, wolves, and bears still lurked in the gloomy fastnesses of the
swamps and canebrakes, whence they emerged at night to prey on the hogs and ..."
5. Notes of a Busy Life by Joseph Benson Foraker (1916)
"over the apparently illimitable stretch of canebrakes that spread out before us
along the shores of the river. I reported this situation to General Slocum ..."
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