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单词 toff
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toff

(tɒf)
Word forms: plural toffs
countable noun
If you refer to someone as a toff, you are saying in an unkind way that they come from the upper classes or are very rich.
[British, informal, disapproval]

toff in British English

(tɒf)
noun
British informal
a rich, well-dressed, or upper-class person, esp a man
Word origin
C19: perhaps variant of tuft, nickname for a titled student at Oxford University, wearing a cap with a gold tassel

toff in American English

(tɑf; tɔf)
noun
British, Informal
a fashionable, upper-class person; esp., a dandy
Word origin
< toft, var. of tuft, slang term for “titled undergraduate,” in reference to gold tassel on the caps ofaristocratic students

Examples of 'toff' in a sentence
toff

The young toffs taught me a lot.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
On his first day there he approached a couple of elegant young toffs strolling around the campus.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There are too many upper toffs round generally.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If these proposals are accepted, soon the country will be awash with dazed old toffs who have nowhere to keep warm during the day.
The Sun (2011)
Skiing in Europe is no more a sport for toffs than is playing golf in Scotland.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It would have been so easy to be avuncular, polite and thoughtful, to play the toff.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The ruling opens the way for further claims to some of Britain's most famous family seats if toffs have played away.
The Sun (2016)
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