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Definition of Tronc
1. Noun. (British) A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tronc
1. waiters tips collectively [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tronc
Literary usage of Tronc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1876)
"tronc being now associated to M.'irc in the adventures he undertook, it was partly
by his ... The representation of the Vergier des Fees, which tronc and ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Dimin. of iron, ' a piece of anything, a trunk, stem,' &c. ; Cot. This is a
shortened form of tronc, due perhaps (as Diez suggests) to ..."
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