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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

tonk

Part of Speechnoun

An illegal immigrant of any country.

In a Sentence

1990: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee - An agent, Larry Moy, when asked to define the derivation of the term “tonk,” replied: “...it's the sound of flashlight hitting somebody's head, tonk". [This "derivation" is i

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Common Phrases

. tonkpiano tonkmusic tonkangels tonkwomen tonktrain tonktonk honkytonk funky
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