cane piece
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cane piece (plural cane pieces)
- (now historical) A field of sugarcane.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 172:
- After breakfast we were conducted over several cane pieces, viewing that luxuriant and useful plant in its different stages.
- 1861, Anthony Trollope, Tales of All Nations:
- He took Mr. Leslie through his mills and over his cane-pieces.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 172: