toffee nose

toffee-nosed

adj

Slang chiefly Brit pretentious or supercilious; used esp of snobbish people

[perhaps coined as a pun on toffy stylish, grand: see toff]

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Adj.

toffee-nosed - snobbish; pretentiously superior

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

Translations

toffee-nosed [ˈtɒfɪˈnəʊzd] ADJ → presumido, engreído

toffee-nosed [ˈtɒfɪˌnəʊzd] adj (Brit) (fam, pej) → con la puzza sotto il naso

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condescending
Haughtiness
hoity-toity
jumped-up
la-di-da
lofty
lordly
patronizing
proud
snobbish
snooty
stuck-up
supercilious
toffee

But this seems to have got up the toffee nose of school principal Gill Harbord-so fair play to her

Ladette Louise has the last laugh by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

Handsome Billa covered only nine bitches in his debut 2001 stud season five of whom proved barren, but the eight pups that came from his mating with Toffee Nose included Long Acre, who drew praise as an outstanding winner of the Oaks.

Breeding lines: Handsome prize in Oaks for Billa by The Racing Post (London, England)

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