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Definition of Sword cane
1. Noun. A cane concealing a sword or dagger.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sword Cane
Literary usage of Sword cane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of a New York Chief of Police by George Washington Walling (1887)
"THE SWORD-CANE.—BOND-STREET TRAGEDY.—THE BOGUS BABY. THE Astor Place riots—the
outcome of jealousy between the two great actors, ..."
2. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"Thus, in the foolish story of a sword-cane, brought forward in the ... He had,
in his own pictorial way, told the "sword-cane story" referred to by Gilbert ..."
3. Last Winter in Rome by Charles Richard Weld (1865)
"My Landlord and his Sword-cane — Unsafe Condition of the Streets in Rome last
Winter — Objections against a Sword-cane as a defence against Night-robbers ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1824)
"NO sword-cane or sword-stick ?—I had not one of my own. Had you one in your hand
belonging to any body else ?—I might. Were not you flourishing and ..."
5. The Law of Homicide: Together with the Trial for Murder of Judge Wilkinson by A B Carlton, Kentucky, Circuit Court (Mercer County (1882)
"Q. Which of your friends had a stick, a sword-cane, or knives in the scuffle? A.
I do not recollect anything of a stick, or sword-cane, or of any knives but ..."
6. Recollections of a New York Chief of Police by George Washington Walling (1887)
"THE SWORD-CANE.—BOND-STREET TRAGEDY.—THE BOGUS BABY. THE Astor Place riots—the
outcome of jealousy between the two great actors, ..."
7. The Complete Works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) by Robert Burns (1886)
"Thus, in the foolish story of a sword-cane, brought forward in the ... He had,
in his own pictorial way, told the "sword-cane story" referred to by Gilbert ..."
8. Last Winter in Rome by Charles Richard Weld (1865)
"My Landlord and his Sword-cane — Unsafe Condition of the Streets in Rome last
Winter — Objections against a Sword-cane as a defence against Night-robbers ..."
9. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1824)
"NO sword-cane or sword-stick ?—I had not one of my own. Had you one in your hand
belonging to any body else ?—I might. Were not you flourishing and ..."
10. The Law of Homicide: Together with the Trial for Murder of Judge Wilkinson by A B Carlton, Kentucky, Circuit Court (Mercer County (1882)
"Q. Which of your friends had a stick, a sword-cane, or knives in the scuffle? A.
I do not recollect anything of a stick, or sword-cane, or of any knives but ..."
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