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tony
UK /ˈtəʊni/ US /ˈtoʊni/
name 3noun 2adj 1
Definitions
name
1
A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony
For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
2
A female given name.
3
A surname transferred from the given name
noun
1
Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing.
She was first nominated for a Tony in 1990 for “The Grapes of Wrath,” and she was nominated again, in 1996, for “Buried Child” — both times for best featured actress in a play.
adj
1
Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
“He’d scorn it. You heard what he said to-night,” answered Ben. “Never mind that. He’s got tony notions, but he isn’t a pamby, for all his talk.[…]”
He bought it for a song in 1984 compared with what his fellow financiers were spending on tonier Park and Fifth Avenues.
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