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.

—Dennis, C(larence Michael) J(ames)

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