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Definition of Gonged
1. gong [v] - See also: gong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonged
Literary usage of Gonged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... Bewick simply gonged out with his graver a line and by varying the width and
number obtained his ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"The acetabulum was not gonged in 5 cases, 4 of these died and one recovered.
The acetabulum was perforated in 8 cases, 4 died and 4 recovered. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"People were gonged to breakfast, luncheon, dinner, tea, and supper ; besides
family prayers twice a day, and a kind of supplementary service which went by ..."
4. Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot by Alfred Bunn (1853)
"... at ten and dine at seven, he will not allow himself to be rung or gonged (whichever
the instrument may be) into the one at eight, or the other at three. ..."
5. Trial of John H. Surratt in the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia by John Harrison Surratt, George Purnell Fisher (1867)
"He also gonged out the hole a little for the purpose of making it tit Then he
placed it against the pauel of the door across to the wall, forming an angle. ..."
6. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1910)
"... and was picked up with the fender; that he was about 4 or 5 feet in front of
the car when the turn was made; that car was gonged and ..."
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