toffy

English

Pronunciation
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Noun

toffy (countable and uncountable, plural toffies)

  1. Alternative spelling of toffee

Etymology 2

toff +‎ -y

Adjective

toffy (comparative toffier, superlative toffiest)

  1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) Posh, upper-class; snooty.
    • 2007, Craig Sherborne, Muck, Victoria University Press (2007), →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, "The king of Corfu", The Economist, 23 October 2008:
      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 (2012), →ISBN, page 44:
      She heaves an exasperated sigh that would do a shop assistant in a toffy dress emporium proud.
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