Tonner
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons. in-compounds
"There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front."
Example
More examples"There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front."
Etymology
From ton + -er or tonne + -er.
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