tonneaux

[tuh-noh]

ton·neau

[tuh-noh]
noun, plural ton·neaus, ton·neaux [-nohz] .
1.
a rear part or compartment of an automobile body, containing seats for passengers.
2.
a complete automobile body having such a rear part.
3.
a waterproof cover, generally of canvas or vinyl, that can be fastened over the cockpit of a roadster or convertible to protect the interior.

Origin:
1900–05; < French: literally, cask; Old French tonel. See tunnel
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Tonneaux is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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