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toff

Pronunciation: /tɒf/

British informal
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Definition of toff

noun

derogatory
  • a rich or upper-class person.

verb

(be toffed up) dated
  • be smartly dressed:he was all toffed up in officer’s broadcloth

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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