Tunney
tun·ney
noun
1.
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
Origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tonnaigh (“descendant of Tonnach”), a personal name derived from tonn (“wave, billow”).
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