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Toff

noun
1.
Informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person.  Synonym: nob.






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"Toff" Quotes from Famous Books



... the blooming war was done, Or I had ceased to roam; I was a slave in Africa, And you were a toff at home." ...
— A Yeoman's Letters - Third Edition • P. T. Ross

... street and park, he wandered up and down. He loitered here, he loitered there, till he was like to drop, Until at last in sheer despair he sought a barber's shop. ''Ere! shave my beard and whiskers off, I'll be a man of mark, I'll go and do the Sydney toff up home ...
— The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

... own cousin" splash. "But I do thank you for one thing. You didn't tell Elf as I'd stolen the ring. And I didn't splash I only sort of borrowed it, it being my day out, and my gentleman friend such a toff, like you can see for ...
— The Enchanted Castle • E. Nesbit



Words linked to "Toff" :   man of means, nob, wealthy man, rich man



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