English
Proper noun
en-proper noun | sg=Tony the tiger|Tiger
- A cartoon character used by Kellogg Company to promote its Frosted Flakes cereal.
#* 1994, Christopher Golden, Of Saints and Shadows, page 79
#*: "That so, Tony the Tiger? Then how come you're here." "Your wife sent me to ask what you wanted for breakfast, [�].
#* 1997, Jonathan Lethem, "Light and the Sufferer", in The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye, page 143
#*: "Very funny", said Don, "He's harmless, he's our - what, mascot." Like Tony the Tiger. Smoke rock�it's grrrreat!"
#* 2002, John L. Sheppard, Small Town Punk: A Novel, page 180
#*: I went. She'd had several jobs since leaving high school. At one point, she was the person in the Tony the Tiger suit.
#* 2002, Will Shetterly, "Splatter", in Neil Gaiman, ed., Sandman, page 126
#*: He hesitated inside the door, then answered Hunter's glance. "I'd kind of hoped so be met by Tony the Tiger or Captain Crunch. Don't the companies give you posters or free T-shirts or free samples or anything?"
#* 2003, Nicole Stansbury, Places to Look for a Mother, page 34
#*: It was a tiny Tony the Tiger sticker book.
#* 2003, Janet Evanovich, One for the Money, page 752
#*: If they were good enough for Tony the Tiger, they were good enough for me.
Usage notes
Tony the Tiger is a trademark of the Kellogg Company.
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