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Tong vs Que - What's the difference?

tong | que |

As a noun tong

is tone, shade.

As a symbol que is

can you speak in (language), - with interpreter if necessary; if so, on what frequencies?.

tong

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tange'', from a Germanic root. Cognate to Old Norse ''t?ng'' (modern Icelandic .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
  • * 1998 , Alberdina Houtman, Marcel Poorthuis, Joshua Schwartz (editors), Sanctity of time and space in tradition and modernity , page 232:
    • these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs' in some lists: in order to make a '''tong''' one needs a '''tong''', and how could the first '''tong''' be made without a ' tong ?

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use tongs.
  • To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

    • See also

    * tongs

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Chinese secret society or gang.

    • See also

    * triad * yakuza ----

    que

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rfv-sense) (lb) A former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; (lb) a farthing; a small amount of money.
  • * 1594 , John Lyly, Mother Bombie :
    • Rather praie there bee no fall of monie, for thou wilt then go for a que .
  • * 1887 , William Dunn Macray, editor, , Glossary, page 160:
    • Qu or Que, a farthing; a farthing's-worth, 39.434; 139. 1838
  • (rfv-sense)
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  • * 2012 , MW Fletcher, Project Reaper: A Max Storm novel , Andrews UK Limited (ISBN 9781782343004)
    • Max had a snooker-que in his right hand and was using it to point to detail on the diagram.
  • (rfv-sense) (dialect) cow (Halliwell )
  • *1889-1904 , (The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language) ,, p.4902
  • * 2009 December 25, Nick Cramer, in My "homemade" Italian meatball recipe - for Nick and Meir'', in soc.culture.jewish.moderated, ''Usenet :
    • Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que , pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice
  • * 2010 September 22, Nanzi (username), in Re: Yoy guys are killing this group'', in alt.food.barbecue, ''Usenet :
    • Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions.
  • * 2011 , Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones: A Novel (ISBN 145164194X), page 57
    • The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que .”
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