toney

English

Adjective

toney (comparative tonier, superlative toniest)

1. Alternative spelling of tony
   • 1918, William Magney, chapter II, in The Hunt Ball Mystery:

     […] The ball will be rather a toney affair."

   • 1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XII, in The Lost Girl, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, page 299:

     The really toney women of the place came to take tea in her room, and these little teas in the hospital were like a little elegant female conspiracy.

   • 1960 November 9, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 196:

     [Miz Beetle, about moving the White House:] Over to maybe the Riviera or one of them plush spots... It'll give the presidential residence a toney setting.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:toney.