toff

toff  (tf)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A member of the upper classes, especially one who is elegantly dressed: "champagne, once a raffish drink suitable for toffs and weddings" (Ian Jack).

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[Probably variant of tuft, a gold tassel worn by titled students at Oxford and Cambridge.]

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toff

Noun

Brit slang a well-dressed or upper-class person [perhaps from tuft, nickname for a titled student at Oxford University wearing a cap with a gold tassel]

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toff - informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person nob man of means, rich man, wealthy man - a man who is wealthy