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- noun An
arrangement ofthongs inclothing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is there no enemy who would be the better for a little thonging?
Roundabout Papers 2006
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'You will come again?' the barber asked as Sabin latched his belt and laced his sword to it by the scabbard thonging.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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The leather thonging that seamed the instep at the outer side was almost worn through.
The Rose Rent Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986
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She placed the sandals on my feet, thonging them tightly.
Rogue Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1982
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"You've lost your roses sadly in London, Miss Coventry," said he, poking his odious face almost under my bonnet, and double-thonging the off-wheeler most unmercifully.
Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville
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Sir Guy was very much put out, and vented his annoyance on his off-wheeler, "double-thonging" that unfortunate animal most unmercifully the whole way to the station.
Kate Coventry An Autobiography G. J. Whyte-Melville
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Loops of piping, flared bells, carved stones tied in senseless patterns of thonging gave the rest of the collection a bizarre appearance.
Planet of the Damned Harry Harrison
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Is there no enemy who would be the better for a little thonging?
Roundabout Papers William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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It consists of two discs of leather with holes punched around the edges through which I had threaded leather thonging, to make a sort of sheath for her powder compact.
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It consists of two discs of leather with holes punched around the edges through which I had threaded leather thonging, to make a sort of sheath for her powder compact.
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