toff
a stylishly dressed, fashionable person, especially one who is or wants to be considered a member of the upper class.
Origin of toff
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How to use toff in a sentence
In other word, he is a toff among toffs—proving, perhaps, that while Cameron may one day go, the toffs might be here to stay.
Confusingly, hard-core toffs think that the Windsors are a bit common.
Half a score of ambitious politicians, gouty old financiers, bald-headed old toffs, with their waxed moustaches and false teeth.
All Roads Lead to Calvary | Jerome K. JeromeOften heard toffs decorated their tables with rags in hobble rings, but never believed it before.
We of the Never-Never | Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" GunnBy a curious coincidence the great news seemed to have reached all, toffs and crooks alike, at exactly the same time.
Fantmas | Pierre Souvestre
So now we're bloomin' toffs, an' I'll get a pair of reach-me-downs this very bloomin' night.
Harding's luck | E. [Edith] Nesbit“Young toffs,” she decided, and wondered if it were worth while getting up or not.
Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker | Marguerite Bryant
British Dictionary definitions for toff
/ (tɒf) /
British slang a rich, well-dressed, or upper-class person, esp a man
Origin of toff
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