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Toey vs Toney - What's the difference?

toey | toney |

As adjectives the difference between toey and toney

is that toey is (slang|chiefly|australia) agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous while toney is .

toey

English

Adjective

  • (slang, chiefly, Australia) Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
  • * 2000 , Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride , Harlequin, page 158,
    • “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”
    She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”

    Synonyms

    * (agitated) antsy * (sexually excited) horny, randy

    Derived terms

    * toey as a Roman sandal

    See also

    * frustrated

    Anagrams

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    toney

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • * 1918 , William Magney, The Hunt Ball Mystery , Chapter II:
    • The ball will be rather a toney affair."
  • * 1921 , D. H. Lawrence, The Lost Girl , Thomas Seltzer (1921), Chapter XII:
    • 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.
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