"Ton" is a word in ENGLISH

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of
the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons
burden.

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

A measure of weight or quantity.

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

The weight of twenty hundredweight.

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to
transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in
casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten
bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic
feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

The common tunny, or house mackerel.

ton ENGLISH

Definition:

pl. of Toe.

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But just in proportion as this process of extermination has acted on an enormous scale, so must the number of intermediate varieties, which have formerly existed, be truly enormous. Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such finely graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against the theory. The explanation lies, as I believe, in the extreme imperfection of the geological record.

Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

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An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in Denver for being smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. During the final days at Denver's old Stapleton airport, a crowded United flight was canceled.A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly, an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk.He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS."The agent replied, "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out."The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "Do you have any idea who I am?"Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microp hone. "May I have your attention please?" she began, her voice bellowing throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to gate 17."With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore "F--- you."Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand in line for that, too."

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