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Definition of Toniest
1. tony [adj] - See also: tony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toniest
Literary usage of Toniest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"In the old times, the barkeeper owned the bar himself, “and was gay and smarty
and talky and all jewelled up, and was the toniest aristocrat on the boat; ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"In the old times, the barkeeper owned the bar himself, "and was gay and smarty
and talky and all jewelled up, and was the toniest aristocrat on the boat; ..."
3. History of American Journalism by James Melvin Lee (1917)
"Jake was every inch a scholar and a gentleman, upright in all his dealings,
unimpeachable in character, and ran the Front Street Saloon in the very toniest ..."
4. History of American Journalism by James Melvin Lee (1917)
"Jake was every inch a scholar and a gentleman, upright in all his dealings,
unimpeachable in character, and ran the Front Street Saloon in the very toniest ..."
5. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White, Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart (1877)
"... by giving balls which, in the favoured language of the place, are described
as ' quite the toniest things going.' But fortune had a grudge against Jack. ..."
6. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1877)
"... by giving balls which, in the favoured language of the place, are described
as ' quite the toniest things going.' But fortune had a grudge against Jack. ..."
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