Definitions
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- noun See
pontoon .
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- noun Alternative form of
pontoon ..
Etymologies
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Examples
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It emerges from the waters of the right bank, a mere "ponton" plumed with dark mangroves and streaked with spar-like white trunks.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
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The flank design is pleasing, with good sculpture and, in the fairing behind the rear wheelhouse, a sly reference to its ancestor the 1953 "ponton" Mercedes.
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La soldatoj ne venis tien per vaporsxipoj, sed estis konstruintaj ponton trans la rivero, por la veturiloj
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Li gvidis la cxevalojn rekte trans la ponton, dum la fratino atendis la bruegon de rompigita ligno, kaj imagis ke sxi estas tuj mortigota.
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Upton had just been telling Eric the splendid phrase, "anerhithmon gelasma ponton", which he had stumbled upon in an Aeschylus lesson that morning, and they were trying which would hit on the best rendering of it.
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Phainet ', ion kata ponton, agei de te lailapa pollên;
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Even after other things were all ready, the army was obliged to wait thirty days for the arrival of boats for ponton bridges; during this delay the Austrians strengthened their position, and with very little exertion they might easily have prevented the passage.
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But Villars was several times on the point of losing all for want of a sufficient ponton equipage.
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Beliau berkata pemeriksaan awal mendapati ponton yang ditunda itu berisi 2,000 tan disyaki pasir sungai yang bernilai RM50,000.
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"Bot ronda APMM yang melakukan tinjauan di lokasi tersebut berjaya mengesan dan menahan bot yang sedang menunda ponton membawa pasir itu kira-kira pukul 3.35 pagi semalam berhampiran Kampung Teluk Sengat, Kota Tinggi," katanya di sini hari ini.
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