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-tonia
- a combining form with the meaning “muscle tension, nerve tension,” as specified by the initial element ( hypertonia ); used also in the formation of words that denote more generally a personality type or personality disorder ( catatonia; somatotonia ).
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Ten yards from his hiding-place, in the shade of the jacal, sat his Tonia calmly plaiting a rawhide lariat.
Then outside Tonia swung in a grass hammock with her guitar and sang sad canciones de amor .
Tonia dropped the lariat, twisted herself around, and curved a lemon-tinted arm over the ranger's shoulder.
Tonia dropped the lariat, twisted herself around, and curved a lemon- tinted arm over the ranger's shoulder.
Then outside Tonia swung in a grass hammock with her guitar and sang sad /canciones de amor/.
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