toff
IPA: tˈɔf
noun
- (obsolete) An elegantly dressed person.
- (Britain, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.
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Examples of "toff" in Sentences
- Toff did a great dis service with her book in many ways.
- Joe speaks much like a standard toff, despite being northern.
- I AM an etonian and trust me, you couldnt describe us as toffs.
- He's what the Brits call a "toff" -- a product of the upper class.
- A toff can be a bit of a chap as well without, as it were, losing face.
- That's wot you are, a bloomin 'toff! the Virgin howled back as he shut the door.
- And the idea that describing someone as a "toff" is enough to dismiss their views is pretty silly.
- I wonder if this so-called toff is poorer than Blair who (of course) still has a 1930's marxist, left-wing socialist personna.
- It's not unthinkable that Britain's most under-privileged people might bristle at the sight of a titled toff practicing the art of noblesse oblige.
- Not only does he score well on that front in opinion polls, but he's also emerged unscathed from fromthe few "toff" - based attacks that the Government has launched.
- The goofball "conservative with a heart of gold" Prime Minister of Britain is what the brits call a toff, which sounds like toffee, but really translates more accurately into rich, inbred bastard.
- The Labour left hate the Upper Classes and an old Etonian, sitting for the seat of Henley with a middle name of de Pfeffel who looks and sounds like a toff will be a target for all the bile they can produce.
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