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Definition of Tonier
1. tony [adj] - See also: tony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonier
Literary usage of Tonier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1900)
"The cooking is done over a hole in the ground called a tonier, id there is a raised
... This hole, which is called a tonier, is walled up with brick. ..."
2. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"Pollard was the sor t of plump forty-year- old who looks tonier than any athlete
the same age. His smooth jowls welled up from out of a white shirt of a ..."
3. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1810)
"... uro ull in twe of him i und ull tho cu»tonier» who frequent hi» company• yield
him к »orí of ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"... says Sir Thomas Tomlins, " hitherto escaped the notice of every tonier or
speaker upon the subject. ..."
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