tronk

/ trɒŋk /

noun

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Origin of tronk¹

Afrikaans

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And Van Bleit’s in tronk, awaiting his trial for murder.”

You’d ’ave been in tronk, where they makes yer wash yer face every morning—behind the ears too.

What if when Nxabahlana went to ask for his reward he received a bullet instead of the cattle, or was seized and thrown into the tronk as a rebel?

“I have been in the tronk, Baas.”

Are you the vagabond Bushman who got Willem Bester into the tronk?”

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