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toff

Syllabification: (toff)
Pronunciation: /täf/
British informal derogatory
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Definition of toff

noun

  • a rich or upper-class person.

Origin:

mid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of tuft, used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge

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