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Tony

[TOH-nee]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: American English, late 19th century

1.

(North American) Fashionable among wealthy or stylish people.

Examples of Tony in a sentence

"Jon and Erica lived in an elite, tony neighborhood."

"The up-and-coming designer was building a reputation among tony clients."

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