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In British English
British English

British English or UK English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere....
 slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
, a toff is a mildly derogatory term for someone with an aristocratic background, particularly someone who exudes an air of superiority. For instance, The Toff
The Toff

In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with Introducing the Toff in 1938 and continuing through The Toff and the Crooked Copper, published in 1977, four years after the author's...
, a character from the series of adventure novels by John Creasey
John Creasey

John Creasey was a prolific England crime writer, who published in excess of 600 novels under 28 different pseudonyms, creating along the way many characters who are now internationally famous....
 is an upper-class crime sleuth, who uses a common caricature of a toff - a line drawing with a top hat, monocle, bow-tie and cigarette with a holder - as his calling card.

As of 2009, the current leadership of the UK Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 are regarded as toffs by their opponents, an accusation they are keen to deny.








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In British English
British English

British English or UK English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere....
 slang
Slang

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
, a toff is a mildly derogatory term for someone with an aristocratic background, particularly someone who exudes an air of superiority. For instance, The Toff
The Toff

In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with Introducing the Toff in 1938 and continuing through The Toff and the Crooked Copper, published in 1977, four years after the author's...
, a character from the series of adventure novels by John Creasey
John Creasey

John Creasey was a prolific England crime writer, who published in excess of 600 novels under 28 different pseudonyms, creating along the way many characters who are now internationally famous....
 is an upper-class crime sleuth, who uses a common caricature of a toff - a line drawing with a top hat, monocle, bow-tie and cigarette with a holder - as his calling card.

As of 2009, the current leadership of the UK Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 are regarded as toffs by their opponents, an accusation they are keen to deny.

See also

  • Nobby Clark