tonjonn.
/ˈtɒndʒɒn/, U.S. /ˈtɑnˌdʒɑn/, Indian English /ˈʈɔnˌdʒɔn/ East India.
A kind of sedan chair slung on a pole and carried by four bearers.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > carrying-chair > sedan chair
bearing-chair1352
seat1588
sedge1615
chair1634
man-litter1640
sedan1640
chair-volant1667
street-chaira1712
sedan chair1750
stick chair1800
tonjonc1804
jampan1828
c1804 M. M. Sherwood Life (1854) xvi. 300 I had a tonjon, or open palanquin, in which I rode.
1838 Lett. 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.]
1885 G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 132 It was not practicable to take a horse,..and I began the journey in a tonjon.
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