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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...
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In the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, Labour's campaign has centred on allegations that the Conservative candidate, Edward Timpson, is a "toff". I'm intrigued by the notion. His family is behind the well-known Timpson chain, whic...
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A Tribe of Toffs were a novelty pop band from Sunderland, England, best remembered for their 1988 Top 40 single, "John Kettley is a Weatherman". The band was formed in 1986 by four pupils from Bede Comprehensive School in Sunderla...
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Oh hell - the actual quiz page was borked - that would explain why traffic's been so pants recently. I've put an old version up for now - thanks for spotting that. It must have been one of those annoying blank file FTP errors that happen ti...
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It’s from the 16th century, when the landed gentry used to use snuff profusely. The snuff used to colour their noses a toffee colour. Working class couldn’t afford it, so the upper classes became known as toffee-nosed or toffs.
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It was fantastic really. That was the lovely thing about rugby in my era. I would play next to an orthopaedic surgeon like Jonathan Webb and sit next to him on the bus and we had rugby in common. It was a rich mixture of characters and cult...
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I am feeling warm voting fuzzies towards George Osborne and the rest of the Conservatives right now. Not for any policies they may have for leading the country out of trouble - we're still a little vague on that, aren't we, guys? But non...
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If we're comparing the underclasses (chavs, etc.) to 'toffs', then I'd most certainly be with 'toffs' any day of the week. If we're comparing working/lower class people to middle/upper class people, while I'd most likely say I'm indifferent...
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