tony
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See also: Tony
English
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtəʊni/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊni
Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tony (comparative tonier, superlative toniest)
- (informal, Canada, US) Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
- Synonym: swank
- 2015 October 1, Hank Stuever, “In the hunt for a new favorite show, 'when' might be as crucial as 'what'”, in Washington Post:
- Meanwhile, on another plane entirely, “Another Period” (Comedy Central, recently renewed for Season 2) is a send-up of crunchy-gravel dramas, set in tony Rhode Island in 1902.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
- My host gained national notoriety after her high-profile arrest in 1993 on charges connected with running L.A.'s toniest prostitution ring.
- 2022 February 10, Mike Hale, “‘Inventing Anna’ Review: The SoHo Scammer, Explained at Length”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- The meaty and more familiar parts of Anna’s story — passing as a German heiress, ripping off tony hotels, brazenly exploiting narcissistic machers and star-struck working women — are told in flashback as Vivian reports her article.
Translations
[edit]stylish, high-toned, upscale
Etymology 2
[edit]From the name Tony.
Noun
[edit]tony (plural tonies)
- (archaic) A simpleton.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- it would have serv'd for a Caution to People how they trifle and play the Tonies betwixt Jeft and Earnest
- 1677 (first performance), John Dryden, All for Love: Or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy, […], [London]: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- A pattern and companion fit / For all the keeping tonies of the pit.
Polish
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