toff
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- noun
- /tɒf/
- Offensive
:
snob
- Serving champagne and tiny food to toffs.
Examples
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Everyone who attends that gala is a toff, dressed in expensive suits and elegant gowns.
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Toffs are all the same.
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Everyone who goes there is a toff.
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But I'll tell you this: either it was a toff or someone got up to look like one.
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Sounds like a couple of toffs took a wrong turn.
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I'm the spoiled toff who lives in this manor.
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Bloody toffs, they just want to maintain the status quo.
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You're a toff!
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She called him a toff when he refused to help the workers at the charity event.
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The private school is known for its reputation of educating many toffs from wealthy families.
Synonyms
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A rich person who looks down on others
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A person who thinks they are better than others
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How Upper-Class
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Etymology
Toff probably began as a joking name for a rich, upper-class person. Some people link it to toffee and the phrase toffee-nosed, which means 'snobby', while others link it to tuft, a gold tassel once worn by important students, so the word came to mean someone well dressed from the upper classes.