Tronc (noun)
tr-onk
(in a hotel or restaurant) a common fund into which tips and service charges are paid for distribution to the staff.
1920s from French, literally ‘collecting box’.
Example sentences
“We pool tips in the tronc and share weekly.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)