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went to Cain's

went to Cain's is the simple past 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 went to Cain's

What is went to Cain's the simple past of?
Went to Cain's is the simple past of go to Cain's.

Words near went to Cain's in the dictionary

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

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