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has gloss | eng: A cane knife is a large hand-wielded cutting tool similar to a machete. Its use is prevalent in the harvesting of sugarcane in dominant cane-growing countries such as Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Australia, Ecuador, Cuba, the Philippines and parts of the United States, especially Louisiana and Florida, as well as Hawaii. It is the primary tool used in countries that do not employ mechanical means for harvesting cane. In the Philippines, particularly in the island of Negros, itinerant sugarcane cutters called sacadas employ this blade, which they call an espading. The term is borrowed from the Spanish word espada, meaning "sword". |
lexicalization | eng: cane knife |
instance of | (noun) a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation matchet, panga, machete |
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