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Tronk vs Cronk - What's the difference?

tronk | cronk |

As nouns the difference between tronk and cronk

is that tronk is (south africa) a prison while cronk is a hill or barrow.

As a verb cronk is

to honk like a goose.

tronk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa) A prison.
  • * 1824 , William John Burchell, Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa
    • It must here be explained that the tronk , or jail, is the general receptacle, not only of convicted criminals, but of such Hottentots or slaves as are found, improperly or illegally wandering about the country...
  • * 1958 , Isobel Rae, The strange story of Dr James Barry
    • The diary of another settler, who had been wrongfully imprisoned in the Tronk , and described the daily life there in no uncertain terms...
  • * 1985 , Lawrence George Green, Maureen Barnes, The best of Lawrence Green
    • It was built, as far as I can discover, because the Cape Argus rightly denounced the overcrowding of the old "tronk" on the waterfront.

    cronk

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative. Compare quonk.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To honk like a goose.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hill or barrow.
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