whangee
(hwæŋˈgiː)
Also w(h)anghee.
[Chinese huang bamboo sprouts too old for eating, a hard white-skinned bamboo (Giles).]
A cane made of the stem of one or other species of Phyllostachys, Chinese and Japanese plants allied to and resembling bamboos. Also whangee-cane.
| 1790 in W. Roughead Bad Companions (1930) 6 He..sometimes wears a cocked hat,..and generally carries a Wangee cane in his hand. 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Comm. II. 545 Wanghees, sometimes called Japan canes, should be chosen pliable, tough, round and taper. 1836 Act 3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 56 Duties of Customs Inwards... Canes, viz... Whangees, Jumboo..and other Walking Canes or Sticks, the 1,000..0.5.0. 1891 A. Dobson Hogarth ii. 31 A short-trowsered tar of the Tom Bowling era is deliberately executing a nautical pas seul..with the aid of a whangee. 1906 Oxenham Profit & Loss vi, A tough flexible whangee cane. |