tony

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"Well, he certainly is some tony -- that I must give him, Jake.

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  1. adjective Informal Marked by an elegant or exclusive manner or quality: a tony country club.

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  • LONGBOAT KEY - A deal closed Wednesday for a $7.125 million mansion on this tony island, one that marks the highest-priced single residential sale for the region in nearly a year. —  news | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com
  • That's right tony, your leader's destruction of our country has pissed us off. —  Think Progress
  • Don't I have enough to worry about??? tony, as you know, jack kerouac preferred tea! —  WFMU's recent playlists
  • Old friends. .recent b / f's (tony) old b / f's jesse … father, mother, grandmother … all have the goods on maggott … her personality, her thieving her change of motherly ways … her permiscuous behaviour … her deciet … her old habits in burying pets … her lies … —  Blogger News Network
  • All call-backs are my own and technicall ... tony: You are so right about the crazy actresses .... —  Will Hines Dot Net
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From tone.

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  1. Prob. a particular use of Tony, which is regarded and used as an abbreviation of Antony. There may be an allusion to St. Antony's (Anthony's) pig: see tantony, tantony pig.
  2. from tone + -y.
 

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