Dictionary Entry
A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
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Poetry examples for “ton”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Liverpool, Chester, and other places. Growing tired of a
public life, he settled at Mai ton, a market-town about
twenty miles from York, where he married, and had some
Read full poem →9Jlir lunbtl^un frember Könige ©el^eimnig,
Um S)eutfd^Ianb legen einen äBaQ ton (Bt^,
fSRdn äBittenberg umfränjen mit bem SUl^ein, *
Read full poem →Lewis ALEXANDER was born July 4, 1900, at Washing-
ton, D. C. He was educated in the public schools of
Washington and at Howard University where he was a
Read full poem →And how the fine Aunt tried to instil
_Haut ton_, and how, at last poor Jane
Had got so shy and _gauche_ that, when
Read full poem →cometido la muy grosera y la muy comun
tonteria de confundir lo'estraordinario ton
lo obstruso, y justamente siguiendo estos
Read full poem →Mais, Tout va la reprendre!--Alors Tout m'en absout
Mais, Elle est ton bonheur!--Non! je suis trop immense,
Trop chose. Comment donc! mais ma seule présence
Read full poem →--Ce sont les amies de ma mère
Et de la mère de ton père,
Qui causent de leurs maris morts,
Read full poem →Croise tes jambes fines et nues
Dans ton lit,
Frotte de tes mignonnes mains menues