How do you pronounce tonsils?

The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɑnsəlz/.

tonsils

/tˈɑnsəlz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

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"“So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”"

faucial tonsils pharyngeal tonsils to the tonsils up to the tonsils

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