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Definition of Toffs
1. toff [n] - See also: toff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toffs
Literary usage of Toffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"To see lardy toffs and swell ladies, and smart little gals with no fuss, ...
All toffs as in toffs share my tastes ; we are built on the very same plan. ..."
2. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"The toffs may look thunder and tommy on me and my spicey rig-out, 32 But they
don't stare yours faithfully down, as it's all nasty envy, no doubt. Ta, ta! ..."
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