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tronc
/ trɒŋk /
noun
- a pool into which waiters, waitresses, hotel workers, etc, pay their tips and into which some managements pay service charges for later distribution to staff by a tronc master , according to agreed percentages
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tronc1
C20: from French: collecting box
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Example Sentences
Pu d'instants apres il dit l'Empereur Alexandre lui meme, "Il ne vous reste que le tronc—mais le cœur y est, et la tte est vous."
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The great structure was begun in the eleventh century, replacing an earlier monument known as the Tour du Tronc.
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