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raised cane

raised cane is the simple past and past participle of raise cane.

Meaning of raise cane

Verb

raise cane (third-person singular simple present raises cane, present participle raising cane, simple past and past participle raised cane)

  1. Eggcorn of raise Cain.
    • “I wasn’t there, but my mother told me that he raised so much cane that they had to call security.”2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 202
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, cane: for example, grow sugarcane.

Questions about raised cane

What is raised cane the simple past and past participle of?
Raised cane is the simple past and past participle of raise cane.

Words near raised cane in the dictionary

  1. raised bogs
  2. raised bread
  3. raised breads
  4. raised by wolves
  5. raised Cain
  6. raised cane
  7. raised dot
  8. raised eyebrows
  9. raised fist
  10. raised fists
  11. raised flags

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