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toff

/tof/US // tɒf //UK // (tɒf) //

到目前为止

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British Informal.

    • : a stylishly dressed, fashionable person, especially one who is or wants to be considered a member of the upper class.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inexasperate
as inannoy

Examples

  • Sure, there are some colorful English aristocrats still around, but is the age of the delightfully nutty toff at an end?

  • The Daily Pic: In 1782, Joshua Reynolds gave equal attention to a toff and his mount.

  • "Same old Tories", we snort, sinking into the toff-bashing of old like a warm bath, top hats and monocles optional.

  • Toff, (slang) n: a person of the upper classes; a swell, dandy; a good sort.

  • Cameron was even heralded as “The Iron Toff” when he appeared on the cover of Newsweek in September 2010.

  • You see, me gone, there's nothing to 'amper 'er—nothing to interfere with 'er settling down as a quiet, respectable toff.

  • He was a waiter, like myself—not a bad sort of chap, though a bit of a toff in his off-hours.

  • I ain't such a juggins as to go agen a toff as makes it worf while to do as I'm bid an' 'old me tongue.

  • W'y wouldn't yer go with the toff and pl'y in ther big horchestra?

  • The toff who had bought him a drink after the fight and patted him on the shoulder had used those words.