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  • 131tony — /toh nee/, adj., tonier, toniest. Informal. high toned; stylish: a tony nightclub. [1875 80, Amer.; TONE + Y1] * * * (as used in expressions) Bennett Tony Blair Tony Curtis Tony Garnier Tony Kushner Tony Pastor Tony Richardson Tony Tony Awards *… …

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  • 132Julia Kavanagh —     Julia Kavanagh     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Julia Kavanagh     Novelist and biographer, born 7 Jan., 1824, at Thurles, Ireland; died 28 October, 1877, at Nice, France. She was an only child. Her father, Morgan Kavanagh, a poet and… …

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