Definition of "tonk" [tonk]

• Term used, primarily by US immigration officials in informal settings, to describe an illegal immigrant of any country. (noun)
• An item of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale (noun)

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• "My God! I don't think I have ever seen "tonk" spelled out."
• "So when he takes honky-tonk style, for example, he pushes its virtuosity to the highest degree."
• "Navy, singing six nights a week in a honky-tonk band, selling cars, building houses, managing a coffee house, and half a dozen other jobs."