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ton-up

adjective

  1. (esp of a motorcycle) capable of speeds of a hundred miles per hour or more
  2. liking to travel at such speeds

    a ton-up boy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person who habitually rides at such speeds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Icebergs of all sizes, from those weighing only a ton up to others half as big as the steamer, were floating all about us.

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