toffy

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

toffy (countable and uncountable, plural toffies)

  1. Alternative spelling of toffee

Etymology 2

From toff +‎ -y.

Adjective

toffy (comparative toffier, superlative toffiest)

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) Posh, upper-class; snooty.
    • 2007, Craig Sherborne, Muck, Victoria University Press, →ISBN, page 16:
      As for that accent of his, his speaking in a toffy English way, it's got toffier since we've known him.
    • 2008 October 23, “The king of Corfu”, in The Economist:
      Rather it lurks in the now-republished photos of Mr Osborne in the Fauntleroy outfit of the Bullingdon club, a toffy Oxford society of which he was a member at the same time as Mr Rothschild (and of which David Cameron, the Tory leader, is also an alumnus).
    • 2012, Paddy O'Reilly, The Fine Color of Rust, Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 44:
      She heaves an exasperated sigh that would do a shop assistant in a toffy dress emporium proud.
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