Canework

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems). uncountable

    "An early mail-cart for a doll was of canework and was made in England about 1840."

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"An early mail-cart for a doll was of canework and was made in England about 1840."

Etymology

cane + -work

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