Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who shares in a tontine.
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Examples
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He remembers playing with the children afterwards on the lawn at the back of the lawyer's house, and a battle-royal that he had with a brother tontiner who had kicked his shins.
The Wrong Box Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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He remembers playing with the children afterwards on the lawn at the back of the lawyer’s house, and a battle – royal that he had with a brother tontiner who had kicked his shins.
The Wrong Box 2004
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