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Significados de toff em inglês

Informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person.

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Examples for "nob"
Examples for "nob"
1
At least looking like a nob-head comes at a price these days.
The South African
2
He gave yer one on the nob, and dragged yer in here.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
3
The nob of Nob Hill, how close it is to the sky.
Vignettes of San Francisco
4
You've taken to being a nob, buying land, being a country bashaw.
Middlemarch
5
An' some fancy nob left 'is 'orse an' chaise and blocked the road.
The spurned viscountess
Uso de toff em inglês
1
No one can get within a thousand miles of that imperial toff.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
2
And we both know how to put on the toff a bit.
The War in the Air
3
The real toff knows that Russia is the place to dine.
My War Experiences in Two Continents
4
He fits the popular picture, a crackpot toff with bizarre delusions.
Anno Dracula
5
Listen to me, Mr. Smith, traveling IRA sympathizer with yer fluty toff accent.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
6
He described my man as a real toff, none of your little yappers.
The Shield of Silence
7
The likes of 'im having visitors, and one a toff, too.
A Lost Leader
8
Is one of you the toff that wants to marry her?
A Chair on the Boulevard
9
She's never 'ad no chance to associate with a real toff.
The Rose in the Ring
10
When I'm an 'Arry, I 'ates myself 'cos I knows I'm a toff.'
Novel Notes
11
For what girls in my position generally call a 'toff.'
The Fortunate Youth
12
To be precise, he said he 'spoke like a bloody toff, just like you.'
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
13
A year on, that "toff fight" has given way to something more interesting.
The Guardian
14
Did this particular toff bastard have a name, Mr.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
15
Earlier, with the strange toff, he had protected her.
Anno Dracula
16
It's for my Tom, to start himself up in his own business, like a toff.
King Rat
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