1921 — Edward R. G. R. Evans, South with Scott, Collins' Clear-Type Press (1921), Chapter VII:
Ours was the Mayfair district: Wilson and I lived in Park Lane in those days, whilst Captain Scott occupied Grosvenor Street! He had his own little table covered with "toney" green linoleum, […]
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.