trunk

  • 81trunk road — trunk ,road noun count BRITISH a HIGHWAY …

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  • 82trunk hose — trunk′ hose n. clo full, baglike breeches reaching to the middle of the thigh or lower, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries • Etymology: 1615–25 …

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  • 83trunk call — ► NOUN dated, chiefly Brit. ▪ a long distance telephone call made within the same country …

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  • 84trunk hose — n. full, baggy breeches reaching about halfway down the thigh, worn in the 16th and 17th cent …

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  • 85trunk line — ☆ trunk line n. a main line of a railroad, canal, telephone system, etc …

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  • 86trunk|back — «TRUHNGK BAK», noun. a large sea turtle of tropical waters; leatherback …

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  • 87trunk|fish — «TRUHNGK FIHSH», noun, plural fish|es or (collectively) fish. any one of a family of plectognath fishes of tropical seas, having the body encased in bony, armorlike plates, so that only the appendages can be moved …

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  • 88TRUNK, YEHIEL YESHAIA — (1887–1961), Yiddish essayist and writer. Born near Warsaw to a landowning family with rabbinic ancestry, his most popular work was his memoirs, Poyln ( Poland, 7 vols., 1944–53), a rich source of Jewish   folk culture in Poland. He depicts his… …

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  • 89Trunk (luggage) — A trunk, also known as a travelling chest, is a large cuboid container for holding clothes and other personal belongings, typically about 1.5 metres wide, and 0.5 metres each deep and high, or about 25 to 40 wide, 14 to 28 high, and 14 to 24 deep …

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  • 90Trunk road — A63(T) trunk road A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports, and other things. which is the recommended route for long distance and freight traffic. Many trunk roads have …

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