Ton mileage

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• mileage

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• Ton

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• ton

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• ton for ton and man for man

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• Car mileage

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• Passenger mileage

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• Assay ton

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• Bon ton

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• Foot ton

  ·add. ·- A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force...

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• Metric ton

  ·add. ·- A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois. ...

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• Ton mile

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• t'on-end

  upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• t'on t'other

  one another. Derb. ...

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• Three Ton Alley

  In Long Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Ton Alley, Ivy Lane

  See Ship Alley and Three Tuns Alley, Court, Newgate Street. ...

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