Tony crony

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Tony +‎ crony, chosen for the rhyme.

Noun[edit]

Tony crony (plural Tony cronies)

  1. (British, informal, humorous, derogatory) An ingratiating political associate of the former British prime minister Tony Blair.
    • 1998, The Economist:
      ...including such folk as Peter Mandelson, a Labour spin doctor-turned-minister, and Lord Alli, an ennobled Asian Tony-crony with a television company.
    • 2001, Royal Town Planning Institute, Planning: For the Natural and Built Environment:
      Falconer is basically a good egg but his reputation as a "Tony crony" and his involvement with the Millennium Dome do him no favours.
    • 2007, Alastair Campbell, The Blair Years:
      She said the Tony crony thing was a real problem.

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