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Examples
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Mitch and dynamite the program was called Toff at the top not opportunist or leftist at the top.
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We have a 'Toff' government and surprise,surprise,we win something at a,'Toff' sport.
Phil Disley on David Cameron's relationship with senior Lib Dems 2010
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Yesterday Professor Dale, the Pope of Political Correctness and called for the derogatory word "Toff" to be banned.
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Hurt Sadie wishes that the names will never hurt me brigade in the Students' Union had thought "Toff" was the acme of hurtful name calling.
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Agree with you Evan that "Toff" has become less discriminating than its not so humble origins at some of our finest universities.
Dale's Academy of Political Correction: Ban Word 'Toff' 2008
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Hurt Sadie wishes that the names will never hurt me brigade in the Students' Union had thought "Toff" was the acme of hurtful name calling.
Archive 2008-05-18 2008
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On the other hand "Toff" has no racial under or overtone of which I'm aware at all.
Dale's Academy of Political Correction: Ban Word 'Toff' 2008
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I often find Peter Hitchens very illuminating although I am surprised that he uses the term "Toff" to describe Cameron, a term of abuse I thought tended to be confined to the Left.
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Yaxlich would like to suggest to Craig a restaurant called Toff’s in Muswell Hill which has won awards for it’s fish and chips.
fitting 2006
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Bugger Charles 'Toff' Clarke, he's as despicable as Brown.
Guy Fawkes' blog 2009
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