Tony crony
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tony + crony, chosen for the rhyme.
Noun
[edit]Tony crony (plural Tony cronies)
- (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.