| 释义 |
‖ tonjon E. Ind.|ˈtɒndʒɒn|
Also tomjohn.
[Origin uncertain.]
A kind of sedan chair slung on a pole and carried by four bearers.
c1804Mrs. Sherwood Autobiog. xvi. (1854) 300, I had a tonjon, or open palanquin, in which I rode. 1838Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 132 After dinner he took us out to see the town: we in our palanquins, and he in his tonjon. [Note. A kind of open sedan-chair.] 1885G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 132 It was not practicable to take a horse,..and I began the journey in a tonjon. |