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gone to Cain's

gone to Cain's is the past participle of go to Cain's.

Meaning of go to Cain's

Verb

go to Cain's (third-person singular simple present goes to Cain's, present participle going to Cain's, simple past went to Cain's, past participle gone to Cain's)

  1. (US, dated, slang) To close a show.
    • […] Norma Terris (who, so far as we had known, was born in Show Boat and went to Cain's with it) […]1934, Stage, volume 11, numbers 7-12, page 7

Questions about gone to Cain's

What is gone to Cain's the past participle of?
Gone to Cain's is the past participle of go to Cain's.

Words near gone to Cain's in the dictionary

  1. gone to bat
  2. gone to bed
  3. gone to bed with
  4. gone to bed with the chickens
  5. gone to bed with the sun
  6. gone to Cain's
  7. gone to Canossa
  8. gone to earth
  9. gone to extraordinary lengths
  10. gone to grass
  11. gone to great lengths

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