toff

[US]/tɒf/
[UK]/tɑf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. wealthy person, celebrity, fashionably dressed person, playboy
Word Forms
Third Person Singulartoffs
Pluraltoffs

Example Sentences

he was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth.

He is a wealthy toff who lives in a mansion.

The toffs at the party were dressed in designer suits.

She found the toff's snobbish attitude off-putting.

The toff ordered an expensive bottle of wine at the restaurant.

The toffs often gather at exclusive social events.

She was surprised to find out that he was actually a toff.

The toff's posh accent gave away his upper-class upbringing.

The toff's expensive taste in art was evident from his collection.

The toff's refined manners impressed everyone at the party.

Despite his toff upbringing, he was humble and down-to-earth.

Real-world Examples

No, all sorts of toffs are writing for magazines nowadays.

Source: Downton Abbey Season 3

Long gone are the days when the BBC Evening News was presented exclusively by white, male, Oxbridge-educated toff.

Source: The Evolution of English Vocabulary

And for the record, the last thing I am is a toff.

Source: Efficient Listening Practice Plan

No, you see, you must never think that education is only for special people, you know, for clever people, for toffs.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

What? How could you let some toff just punt off with her?

Source: Gossip Girl Season 4

How come a toff like you, talks French and everything, ends up a private?

Source: Efficient Listening Practice Plan

To begin with, he is an unabashed toff; not just any toff, in fact, but a grandson of Winston Churchill.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Like his famous grandfather (to whom he bears some resemblance) he is an extroverted, mucking-in, buccaneering sort of toff, rather than the condescending and insipid kind.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

If you think of the 2015 election, there was an awful lot from Ed Miliband about David Cameron the toff, David Cameron from his privileged background.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

The hero is Jan de Lichte, a Flemish Robin Hood played by a soft-spoken Matteo Simon, who wages war on the toffs out of sympathy for their victims.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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