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cane

[keyn] / keɪn /
NOUN
stick to aid walking of disabled
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When I got the assignment, I was immediately excited and had this image in my head of placing them inside a colorful candy cane circus.

From Los Angeles Times

Her family grew increasingly alarmed, but Schmidt refused to use a walker or a cane, blaming the falls on outside causes like uneven ground.

From The Wall Street Journal

Daniel Akst considered himself far too young and fit for a cane.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’d never had an episode quite like this, but my wife Louise is no stranger to back troubles, and she offered to loan me the cane she occasionally uses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shannon, who worked as an IRS clerk and did filing and other tasks at Goldrich in a job funded partly by the city’s Department of Aging, uses a cane because of hip and knee problems.

From Los Angeles Times