tronk

British  

/ trɒŋk /

noun

1. informal a jail

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Etymology

Origin of tronk

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

Then de tronk, for he’ll never be able to pay de lumping fine they’ll have to put on him; a beggarly out-at-elbows rip, for all de side he crowds on.”

From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram

He was arrested and kept in the tronk for some weeks, while every hole and corner of his farm was searched.

From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Mitford, Bertram

Such of these fellows as the Police scoop up as soon as they get right again will be put in the tronk for their share in to-day’s racket.”

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

Perhaps you’ll tell me next that you’ve never been in the tronk, either, eh?”

From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

I’ll have the old schelm in the tronk by to-night.”

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram