Definitions
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- adjective
snobbish ,condescending oraloof
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective snobbish; pretentiously superior
Etymologies
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Examples
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"There's none whatsoever that this is 'toffee-nosed Lymington'."
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“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
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Insults have really gone downhill since Monty Python's "you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!"
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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
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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
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He helped popularise the great working-class riposte to the toffee-nosed union code but many decried him as a northern caricature.
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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
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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
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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
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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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