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[tof] 
–noun British Informal.
| a stylishly dressed, fashionable person, esp. one who is or wants to be considered a member of the upper class. |
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| toff (tŏf) 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). [Probably variant of tuft, a gold tassel worn by titled students at Oxford and Cambridge.] |
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Toff
Toff\, n. [Etym. uncertain.] A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.] --Kipling.
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toff
lower-class British slang for "stylish dresser, member of the smart set," 1851, probably an alteration of tuft, formerly an Oxford Univ. term for a nobleman or gentleman-commoner (1755), in ref. to the gold ornamental tassel worn on the caps of undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge whose fathers were peers with votes in the House of Lords.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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