trank

¹

[trangk]

noun Slang.

a tranquilizer.

Origin of trank

¹

by shortening and respelling

trank

²

[trangk]

noun

the piece of leather from which one glove is cut.
the cut or shaped trank, not including thumb, gussets, and fourchettes.

Origin of trank

²

First recorded in 1860–65; origin uncertain

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Examples from the Web for trank

Contemporary Examples of trank

Edwards and Trank will direct the as yet unnamed Star Wars spin offs scheduled for 2016 and 2018.
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Rich Goldstein
June 21, 2014
StarWars.com recently announced the hiring of Trank for another one of the spin-off films.
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Rich Goldstein
June 5, 2014

Historical Examples of trank

Take away their fracases and their trank pills and they'd go berserk.
Mercenary
Dallas McCord Reynolds
In fact, Joe had already wondered what their version of trank was.
Frigid Fracas
Dallas McCord Reynolds
After this the trank or outline of the glove must be cut out.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891
Various
"On the trank again," Freddy grumbled, but Joe sensed he wasn't particularly amused.
Frigid Fracas
Dallas McCord Reynolds
"I hope every fracas buff in North America chokes on his trank pills," he snarled.
Frigid Fracas
Dallas McCord Reynolds