This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word long ton. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: The Avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Long ton is the name for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements that was used in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries before metrication.
The Hollow Men Summary. T. S. Eliot. Summary. This poem of emptiness, âThe Hollow Men,â opens with a double epigraph, one from the novelist Joseph Conradâs Heart of Darkness (1902) and one from the traditional childrenâs request for a penny on Guy Fawkes Day, November 5.
Ramblin%27 Man by The Allman Brothers Band Songfacts. 1  This is based on a 1951 Hank Williams song of the same title. It's about a guy whose travels take him to many places, and he takes life as it comes. 2  Allmans guitarist Dickey Betts wrote this in the house the band shared in Macon, Georgia. Betts sang lead on this track.