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stoney

[ stoh-nee ]

adjective

, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.
  1. a variant of stony.


Stoney

/ ˈstəʊnɪ /

noun

  1. a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoney1

from Siouan
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Example Sentences

But Stoney, who has 116 caps for England, is now the most high-profile active gay footballer in England.

The only character in A Week in Winter who fails to recognize this is sent packing from Stoney House.

Anderson did have another longtime friend, Stoney Curtis of Lethal Hardcore, a company where Anderson did most of his work.

Santorum said to the hundreds of people at his victory party in the Stoney Creek Inn in Johnston, Iowa.

Justin Stoney, a vocal coach to Broadway actors, also judges her favorably.

Mariel's eyes shifted momentarily to Prex's stoney face, then back to Shandor, ghosts of fear creeping across his face.

Carney knew enough Stoney to make himself understood, for he had hunted much with the tribe.

The grizzly was peeved, for the Stoney had peppered a couple of silly bullets into the brute's shoulder.

Briggs was nicknamed the "Stoney," because his brains were petrified by the constant dropping of wisdom upon them.

At four o'clock we left this pleasing scene, and ascended a high mountain by a desperately stoney road, on the edge of precipices.

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