tonner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tonner
1850–55; in parasynthetic compounds formed from ton 1 and a quantifier; see -er 1
Example Sentences
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The Seabird is as good a seaboat as anything of her size that floats; but you don't know what it is to be out in anything like a heavy sea in a thirty tonner.
From Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
A big old Bartson Cruiser tumbled by end over end, a thousand tonner, the largest ship he had seen in here so far.
From The Graveyard of Space by Marlowe, Stephen
She's a sixty tonner and by God! fit to cross the Atlantic!
From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard
He sold the little five tonner he had formerly possessed, and purchased the Seabird.
From Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
A hundred tonner, it had put in thirty years and a billion and some miles for several owners.
From The Graveyard of Space by Marlowe, Stephen
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