Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In some American colleges, a concerted tussle between two classes in which they struggle for the retention or capture of a cane.
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Examples
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Why, man, this isn't a, street-fight or a cane-rush.
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At all times the movement was without rest, breathless and fierce, like a cane-rush, or a street fight.
Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890
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Why, man, this isn't a street-fight or a cane-rush.
The Exiles and Other Stories Richard Harding Davis 1890
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Why, man, this isn't a street-fight or a cane-rush.
The Reporter Who Made Himself King Richard Harding Davis 1890
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"It was a little like a cane-rush -- your campus practise served you in good stead," said the lady, and smiled.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Elbert Hubbard 1885
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"I have dealt the Old Education its deathblow," he solemnly said, mistaking a cane-rush for a revolution.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Elbert Hubbard 1885
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