tongman
Americannoun
PLURAL
tongmenEtymology
Origin of tongman
Example Sentences
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Brown and Sprague acknowledge that their harvests are bigger than the average tongman's.
From Time Magazine Archive
The culprit talked freely about a much more interesting compatriot named Chin Joo Hip in Butte, Mont. Chin Joo Hip, a wrinkled, cadaverous tongman with drooping white mustaches, received a call from the agent, who pretended to be the nephew of a rich Pacific Coast gangster.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of this daring feat no tongman seems to tire.
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