trank

[ trangk ]

/ træŋk /

a tranquilizer.

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by shortening and respelling

[ trangk ]

/ træŋk /

the piece of leather from which one glove is cut.

the cut or shaped trank, not including thumb, gussets, and fourchettes.

First recorded in 1860–65; origin uncertain

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

The trank must be so cut as to have just enough leather to make a glove of a certain size and number.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891|Various
After this the trank or outline of the glove must be cut out.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891|Various
"I hope every fracas buff in North America chokes on his trank pills," he snarled.
Frigid Fracas|Dallas McCord Reynolds