Definitions

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  • adjective snobbish, condescending or aloof

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  • adjective snobbish; pretentiously superior

Etymologies

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Probably from toff

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Examples

  • "There's none whatsoever that this is 'toffee-nosed Lymington'."

    Is Lymington the snootiest town in Britain? 2010

  • “I got to the page where reference was made to a ‘toffee-nosed twit’,” she said.

    A little more creeping censorship: the T word | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2008

  • Insults have really gone downhill since Monty Python's "you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!"

    the sopranos, uncensored. on Vimeo 2010

  • How about "What makes you think you know anything at all about New York, you toffee-nosed, blue-blooded git?"

    Making Light: The New York Times gives Harold Ford, Jr. enough rope 2010

  • Buskers on the streets play and sing and look for tips, white-gloved hotel doormen usher us into the street and look for tips, Cockney taxi drivers look for tips, toffee-nosed waiters hand my dad a bill and look for tips on top of the outrageous price for eggs and sausages.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • He helped popularise the great working-class riposte to the toffee-nosed union code but many decried him as a northern caricature.

    Tonight's TV highlights 2010

  • The builder flapped his right hand in a gesture of despair, said, “Bloody toffee-nosed creep,” and retreated down the steps, carrying his stepladder.

    Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

  • Buskers on the streets play and sing and look for tips, white-gloved hotel doormen usher us into the street and look for tips, Cockney taxi drivers look for tips, toffee-nosed waiters hand my dad a bill and look for tips on top of the outrageous price for eggs and sausages.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • Buskers on the streets play and sing and look for tips, white-gloved hotel doormen usher us into the street and look for tips, Cockney taxi drivers look for tips, toffee-nosed waiters hand my dad a bill and look for tips on top of the outrageous price for eggs and sausages.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • Many would surmise it is from toffee-nosed or the like.

    Dale's Academy of Political Correction: Ban Word 'Toff' 2008

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