toff
toff
Definition
toff (täf, tôf)
noun
Brit., Informal a fashionable, upper-class person; esp., a dandy
Etymology: < toft, var. of tuft, slang term for “titled undergraduate,” in reference to gold tassel on the caps of aristocratic students
toff
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- upper: Upper class toffs, the lot of them but I'll always sympathize with Roger Waters for how they treated him.
- English: American idea of what an English toff is like.
- only: Friends - and, perhaps, some Opposition Members too - is the idea that only toffs go hunting.
Modifies a noun
- shirt: Northern Ireland Best The Toffs retro shirt represents football as it was in the days before sponsorship!
- retro: Northern Ireland Best The Toffs retro shirt represents football as it was in the days before sponsorship!
Noun used with modifier
- class: Upper class toffs, the lot of them but I'll always sympathize with Roger Waters for how they treated him.
toff Quotes
Me pal 'e trots 'er up an'does the toffö 'E allus wus a bloke fer showin'off. 'This 'ere's Doreen,''e sez.'This 'ere's the Kid.' I dips me lid.
Browse dictionary entries near toff
- toeshoe
- toenail
- toeless
- toehold purchase
- toehold
- Toefl
- toed
- toecap
- toea
- toe-to-toe
- toffee
- toft
- tofu
- Tofutti
- tog
- toga
- toga virilis
- togaed
- together
- togetherness
