tronk

/ trɒŋk /

noun

1. informal.
   a jail

Word History and Origins

Origin of tronk¹

Afrikaans

Example Sentences

And Van Bleit’s in tronk, awaiting his trial for murder.”

From Project Gutenberg

You’d ’ave been in tronk, where they makes yer wash yer face every morning—behind the ears too.

From Project Gutenberg

What if when Nxabahlana went to ask for his reward he received a bullet instead of the cattle, or was seized and thrown into the tronk as a rebel?

From Project Gutenberg

“I have been in the tronk, Baas.”

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Are you the vagabond Bushman who got Willem Bester into the tronk?”

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