ton
noun
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois short ton, or net ton in the United States and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois long ton in Great Britain.
tonish
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a word derived from
ton.
Example Sentences
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He is a prating, good-humoured old gossip, who runs on in as incoherent and unconnected a style of discourse as Rose Fuller, though not so tonish.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
They are reckoned the flashers of the place, yet everybody laughs at them for their airs, affectations, and tonish graces and impertinences.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
