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."

   • 1921, D. H. Lawrence, The Lost Girl, Thomas Seltzer (1921), Chapter XII:

     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.

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