Definitions
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- noun India A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn
carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. - noun medicine A
drug useful inneuralgia , derived from aFijian plant supposed to be of thearoid genus Epipremnum.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Even a tonga will be a relief after three days of this, Doggott," he observed, surrendering himself to the ministrations of the servant.
The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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They thought Congress will be the horse and they will be the rider but we showed them that this 'tonga' can run on its own.
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"tonga," its pair of wheels and its white awning rolling and jolting behind two good horses, passes long lines of bullock-carts.
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I could image the sea reefs and gold fish swimming all set to the tone of the music of "A tonga da mironga do kabuletê" translation: "Anywhere Faraway".
Mary Hall: New York Fashion Week: Carlos Miele's Immersive Landscape for Spring/Summer 2012 Mary Hall 2011
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I could image the sea reefs and gold fish swimming all set to the tone of the music of "A tonga da mironga do kabuletê" translation: "Anywhere Faraway".
Mary Hall: New York Fashion Week: Carlos Miele's Immersive Landscape for Spring/Summer 2012 Mary Hall 2011
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I could image the sea reefs and gold fish swimming all set to the tone of the music of "A tonga da mironga do kabuletê" translation: "Anywhere Faraway".
Mary Hall: New York Fashion Week: Carlos Miele's Immersive Landscape for Spring/Summer 2012 Mary Hall 2011
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I could image the sea reefs and gold fish swimming all set to the tone of the music of "A tonga da mironga do kabuletê" translation: "Anywhere Faraway".
Mary Hall: New York Fashion Week: Carlos Miele's Immersive Landscape for Spring/Summer 2012 Mary Hall 2011
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An occasional tonga clattered by, the driver and his passenger perched atop the two-wheeled wooden cart pulled by a donkey daring enough to brave the traffic.
Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008
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An occasional tonga clattered by, the driver and his passenger perched atop the two-wheeled wooden cart pulled by a donkey daring enough to brave the traffic.
Beneath My Mother’s Feet AMJED QAMAR 2008
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She could see her husband hunching to release himself from the shelter of the tonga, too tall for its low bonnet.
An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word tonga
also a "light 2-wheeled vehicle for two or four persons drawn by one horse and common in India" (definition from Merriam Webster)
November 29, 2008