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Many of these women did not come to America by choice, and some were deceived and forced into prostitution by procurers. Tongs associated with importing women to America fought over territories and profits.
The meaning of TONG is a secret society or fraternal organization especially of Chinese in the U.S. formerly notorious for gang warfare. How to use tong in a sentence.
To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs.] n. 1. A Chinese association or political party. 2. An association or a secret society of Chinese in the United States, believed to be involved in organized crime.
(Definition of tong from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
A tong is a tool used to grip and lift objects, often used in cooking and serving food. They typically have two arms that are joined at one end and are used to pick up items without needing to touch them with bare hands.
tong ′er, n. tong2 (tông, tong), n. (in China) an association, society, or political party. (among Chinese living in the U.S.) a fraternal or secret society, often associated with criminal activities.
tong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged) (intransitive) To use tongs. (transitive) To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
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