tronk
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of tronk
Afrikaans
Example Sentences
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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 Bertram Mitford
You’d ’ave been in tronk, where they makes yer wash yer face every morning—behind the ears too.
From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young
And poor Willem, who died in the tronk all through that chap.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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 W. C. (William Charles) Scully
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 Bertram Mitford
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