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tronk
/ trɒŋk /
noun
- informal.a jail
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tronk1
Afrikaans
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Example Sentences
But the fellow begged and prayed that he might not be sent to the tronk.
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Man, but the nipper was jolly glad to get out of the tronk, I can tell you.
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Besides, I should be delighted to have him chocked into the tronk for ‘gun-running.’
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He was arrested and kept in the tronk for some weeks, while every hole and corner of his farm was searched.
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