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Keep In Or Alternatively Eg Cane

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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• To lock inside a cage; to imprison.

36%7 Young cane or sprout that grows from the root of a sugar cane plant
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29%13Alternatively
adverb

• in place of, or as an alternative to

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