tonga

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I turned up-hill, as the tonga was no affair of mine; and just then she began to shriek.

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  1. A mixture of several barks said to consist principally of Premna Taitensis and Epiprennum mirabile: used by the Fiji Islanders as an antineuralgic. It has been introduced into the United States.
  2. A light two-wheeled vehicle with wooden axletrees, drawn by ponies or oxen, and much used on the up-country roads in British India. The Himalayan tonga is a thing of delight. It is easily described, for in principle it is the ancient Persian warchariot, though the accommodation is so modified as to allow four persons to sit in it back to back. F. M. Crawford, Mr. Isaacs, ix.

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  • Sturdy tonga is the vehicle of convenience here for going to and coming from place to place. —  Light Within
  • Traditional tonga-savaris ride into history in Lahore —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • According to the kochwans (those who run tongas), the government should have arranged an alternative means of livelihood for tonga-drivers and others who had been associated with this business for decades. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • 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. —  Zee News : India National
  • A tonga is a two-wheeled tilted cart drawn by two horses, which are changed every half hour, for as long as the pair are on the way they go at full speed. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
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  1. Fijian.
  2. from Hindustani tāngā.
 

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