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tonjons

tonjons is the plural of tonjon.

Meaning of tonjon

Noun

tonjon (plural tonjons)

  1. (South-Asia, historical) An open sedan chair raised on single poles front and back.
    • The old tonjons were still to be seen in the basement at Barrackpore some years before my time, but when I enquired for them, they had disappeared.1925, George Nathaniel Curzon, British Government in India, volume II, page 21
    Synonyms:
    jampan

Questions about tonjons

What is tonjons the plural of?
Tonjons is the plural of tonjon.

Words near tonjons in the dictionary

  1. tonitruates
  2. tonitruating
  3. tonitruous
  4. Tonja
  5. tonjon
  6. tonjons
  7. tonk
  8. tonka
  9. tonka bean
  10. tonka beans
  11. tonkatsu

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