toney

comparative tonier · superlative toniest

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of tony.

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

   1918, William Magney, chapter II, in The Hunt Ball Mystery

   2 more examples

   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.

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

   [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.

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

plural Toneys

1. A surname.