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toff
noun- a person who is, or appears to be, of a superior social status or well-to-do UK, 1851
From “tuft” which, in 1670, was a gold tassel worn by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge, and, by 1755, was university slang for a person of rank and title and hence down the social scale to “swell” and “nob”. In 1865 there was a music hall song entitled “The Shoreditch Toff” by Arthur Lloyd. - Last week down our alley come a toff — Albert Chevalier, Wot Cher! or Knocked ‘em in the Old Kent Road, 1891
- Keva had to allow that these toffs really knew how to party. — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 27, 1999
- [T]hey say that balls are for the toffs and that they wouldn’t be seen dead at them. — Varsity, p. 6, 14 June 2002
- a completely reliable and dependable person AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 81, 1989
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