tonk

tonk
/tongk/, n.
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
[1920-25; cf. Brit., Australian tonk (informal) to strike, beat, defeat]

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India
      city, eastern Rajasthan (Rājasthān) state, northwestern India. It lies just south of the Banas River. The old walled town, which was the capital of the former princely state of Tonk, was founded in 1643 and lies on the slopes of a small hill range. Just south are the fort and newer sectors. The former princely state consisted of six separate areas in Rajasthan and central India acquired by the Pathan chieftain Amir Khan between 1798 and 1817. It became part of the state of Rajasthan in 1948. Tonk is the area's chief agricultural market and manufacturing centre. Cotton weaving, wool carding, leather tanning, and felt-handicraft production are the chief industries. The city has several hospitals and gardens and a government college affiliated with the University of Rajasthan. It is also the site of the Rajasthan Institute of Leather Technology.

      The surrounding region consists mainly of a flat, open tract with scattered rocky hill ranges. Jowar (sorghum), wheat, gram (chickpeas), corn (maize), cotton, and oilseeds are the chief crops. There are poultry farms and fisheries, and mica and beryllium deposits are worked. Pop. (2001) city, 135,689.

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