trunk

  • 121trunk lid — noun hinged lid for a trunk • Hypernyms: ↑lid • Part Holonyms: ↑trunk …

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  • 122trunk hose — noun plural Etymology: probably from obsolete English trunk to truncate Date: 1618 short full breeches reaching about halfway down the thigh that were worn chiefly in the late 16th and early 17th centuries …

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  • 123trunk line — noun Date: 1843 1. a transportation system (as an airline, railroad, or highway) handling long distance through traffic 2. a. a main supply channel (as for gas or oil) b. trunk 5b …

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  • 124Trunk show — A trunk show is a special sale in which vendors present merchandise directly to store personnel or select customers at a retail location or another unique venue. In many cases it allows store personnel to preview and/or purchase merchandise… …

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  • 125trunk ring — one of the dermal plates in members of the Syngnathidae forming a series of rings enclosing the body; trunk rings run from the ring bearing the pectoral fin to the ring with the anus …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 126trunk shield — a series of overlapping bony plates forming a ring around the trunk of Placoderms, just behind the head and articulating with the head shield in most species …

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  • 127trunk line — 1. a major long distance transportation line. 2. trunk (def. 8). [1850 55] * * * …

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  • 128trunk-maker — noun A person who builds large hinged boxes (trunks). This somewhat may be indeed resembled to the famous trunk maker in the playhouse; for, whenever the person who is possessed of it doth what is right, no ravished or friendly spectator is so… …

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