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Definition of "tonga" [tonga]

  • A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. (noun)
  • A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum. (noun)

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Use "tonga" in a sentence
  • ""Even a tonga will be a relief after three days of this, Doggott," he observed, surrendering himself to the ministrations of the servant."
  • "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."
  • ""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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