英语词汇“toff”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

That spirit alarmed and discomfited many Europeans, toff and peasant alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We might even wind up having tea and cakes at the Savoy Cafe with the nobs and toffs of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the first night, when they were sheltering in the bike shed of a burned-out school, Corporal Nettle said, “What’s a private soldier like you doing talking like a toff?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Peaks and toffs ... fancy a spot of socially licensed murder, old man? The Duellists: it takes two to tangle 2010-10-28T09:00:00Z

My worries about Timothy Spall as a toff have been allayed; he's a hotsy-totsy Clarence. TV Review: Call the Midwife 2013-01-20T21:00:01Z

We call such people "stuffed shirts", though "toffs" is close enough. Britishisms in American English? Brilliant 2012-09-28T11:55:12Z

As a key element in the toff’s social armor, they have become an easy target in a country fraught with class tensions, particularly as slaves of urban style have co-opted the look. Men In Red Pants: Stuck in Old Cultural Baggage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

And scenes of great beauty – a game of golf for a bunch of Tory toffs on a Sussex links course, interrupted by Valentine and one of her protester friends outrageously demanding the vote. Parade's End – review 2012-08-25T06:00:00Z

OK, Hathaway's bespectacled, "alternative," gamine-but-serious Emma is working in a Mexican restaurant while Sturgess' intolerably self-involved upper-class toff, Dexter, travels the world in bad chinos and a Flock of Seagulls haircut, doing French girls. "One Day": A gimmicky, misbegotten love story 2011-08-18T17:19:00Z

"One swallow doesn't make a summer, Thomas," sneers one young toff, dumping Thomas into the "Cheers for the grapple, old bean, never telegram me ever again" file. Grace Dent's Screen burn: Downton Abbey 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

Will her North Shore High team stick it to those prep school toffs opposite? Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Or heat them, so the poor old toffs shake as well as rattle and bumble, while haughty ancestors from happier times look down disapprovingly from family portraits on the staircase. TV review: Country House Rescue 2012-06-14T20:00:06Z

Now toffs are really only good for a certain kind of television show. TV review: Country House Rescue; Waking the Dead; Celebrity Naked Ambition; How To Buy a Puppy 2011-03-14T08:00:03Z

Why, given Peckham's multicultural population, was the toff contingent all white? Last night's TV 2010-06-17T07:00:00Z

One minute he’d be talking like a toff, and the next like a cop. ‘Pistol’ Tells Steve Jones’s Story. With a Touch of Showbiz. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

The erosion of social deference had a cultural impact because until the late 1960s professional criticism was also, if not a toffs' preserve, certainly a highbrow, Oxbridge-dominated enclosure. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z

Brief flashbacks to the humiliations of his trial and the balm of opening-night adulation — represented by a sea of ecstatically applauding Victorian toffs — interrupt these peregrinations and underline the tragedy of his fall. Review: In His Last Years, Oscar Wilde Is Far From ‘The Happy Prince’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

And then, with impeccable timing, the toffs really blew it. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z

An uncoordinated toff with a memory like a cravat who gangles through life with his fingers in his ears while his ghastly family re-enact various civil wars over the silverware. Blandings is just the ticket, by jove 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z

British vehicular stereotypes range from white delivery vans for the working class to Range Rovers -- dubbed “Chelsea Tractors” for a tony London neighborhood – for elitist “toffs.” White vans and pickups: sending signals from behind the wheel 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

You know, dinner parties, table placements, debutants, an heirless toff in search of a second wife, an educated and pretty but penniless young woman holding out for true love ... TV review: River Cottage; The Making of a Lady; Him & Her 2012-12-16T21:45:01Z

Their biggest contribution to rock history might be as the first artists to get busted by the kind of people who maintain that toffs can't rock. Hidden treasures: Chad and Jeremy – The Ark 2013-01-29T10:41:01Z

Have they forced you to play a toff again? What's up, you posh boys, can't you take a joke? 2012-08-18T23:06:40Z

All things considered, I'd rather see Fry quizzing chinless toffs about their gormless heirs. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z

The pedigreed location in Ascot — where the yearly Royal Ascot horse races provide quintessential English scenes of blondes in big hats and toffs in tailcoats — is just a short canter from Windsor Castle. Country Cousin 2010-09-29T21:50:00Z

Whatever Amis's real feelings about Lionel, the critics were predictably divided; they were, however, more inclined to give him a chance than they had been The Pregnant Widow's toffs cavorting around an Italian castle. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z

Period villains sprang up in derby hats – a shady photographer, a sneering newspaper editor, a crooked impresario of bare-knuckled fighting – and our heroes were soon in pursuit of a toff in a carriage. Rewind TV: Borgen; Ripper Street; Africa: Kalahari; Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon; Hotel – review 2013-01-06T00:08:08Z

Photo: BBC Britain endures appalling toilet facilities in a string of regional sports centres in order to have its heirlooms fondled by toffs with fingers like battered sausages. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z

He bears no grudges against toffs, singling out Rupert Everett as “hugely delightful”. Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

His father – Sunny, the duke, or His Grace as the staff refer to him, modernly – is more of a proper old-skool toff. TV review: The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace 2012-11-22T22:00:04Z

In the British military, by contrast, the lack of this shared linguistic medium reflects the basic class division of the army, between officers and men, toffs and proles. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z

When the Tory candidate for West Fife turned up on our doorstep during the general election campaign of 1959, it was my first encounter with somebody who'd be known now as a toff. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

The image of Britain's wartime fighter pilots as a bunch of public school toffs is a misleading one, said Warner, and one that does their achievements an injustice. Battle of Britain heroes show the strain of war 2010-04-22T11:36:00Z

It was nice to see the working classes getting ahead of the toffs for a change — and women too. Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

It was not "yuppies chugging champagne in City wine bars, toffs dancing around in puffball skirts to Duran Duran", but the miners, and Meat Is Murder, and benefit gigs for Nicaragua. Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn – review 2013-02-10T08:00:01Z

There are underlit toffs barking about "moral virtue" and the dangers posed by the "lower classes". Murder On The Victorian Railway: something completely different 2013-02-16T06:00:03Z

She was, let's not forget, also a wartime leader … She was an amazing person – a woman from a working-class background who took on the toffs. Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z

It's all beautifully shot and immaculately observed, with the usual array of twittering mimsies, period-specific hunks and toffs in cloche hats saying "efficacy" over sandwiches the size of postage stamps. Agatha Christie's Poirot: time to bid adieu 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z

He flushed with pleasure when he, a provincial Englander from a middle-class background, was mistaken for a toff. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z

But, on a second viewing, it becomes clear that Wade's chief target is not just privileged toffs but the cosy network that really runs Britain. Posh – review 2012-05-23T22:01:01Z

He's as angry about the Etonian renaissance as he once was about Thatcher, and has a great gag about toffs co-opting the culture of the working class. Alexei Sayle – review 2013-01-24T17:46:05Z

Publishers were toffs, booksellers trade, and printers the artisan champions of liberty. The transformation of publishing 2012-11-09T22:54:01Z

The press claimed he was such a “toff” that guests to his home were banned from wearing blue jeans to lunch. Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z

The belle of the Wells falls for a toff and finds that toffdom is boring. Fences; Trelawny of the Wells; Richard III – review 2013-03-03T00:05:30Z

Cameron wasn't a top toff dictating terms: he was a needy lad, too. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z

Murdoch was immediately asked about his relationship to politics and British "toffs", a reference to his regular attacks on Britain's gilded establishment, which the Australian-born tycoon has lampooned as snobbish and inefficient. Murdoch 'never asked a UK prime minister for anything' 2012-04-25T12:48:00Z

It's good to see some realism, though, because duelling was just socially licensed murder for toffs. The Duellists: it takes two to tangle 2010-10-28T09:00:00Z

In the movie Ms. Streep effortlessly imitates those burnished, sometimes strident, declamatory tones, the one the novelist Angela Carter once said were reminiscent “not of real toffs but of Wodehouse aunts.” Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z

Patrick, played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV adaptation, is a tortured toff — abuse victim, drug addict, fading aristocrat — but also an arch observer of his circle, which happens to be the Diana-era Tatler set. New & Noteworthy 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

On the one hand they've got these royals, socialites and toffs wanting to party with them, at the ballroom of the Imperial, later at the basement after-party, in their mansions and on the private trains. Dancing on the Edge; The Year of Making Love – TV review 2013-02-05T07:00:11Z

He scraped into the Calgary Olympics with a jump just short of 70m, and in the process upset many of the toffs heading up the British Olympic Association. Eddie the Eagle: ‘I was probably closer to the ostrich’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

Though he's blue-blooded, he's not one of our own Bullingdon toffs, already blessed with every advantage that life can bestow. What's The King's Speech's secret weapon of mass adulation? 2011-02-22T16:45:41Z

He's not your stereotypical bloated toff, out of touch with modern life and nodding off mid-hearing. Six to watch: legal dramas 2011-02-22T11:49:00Z

We didn't really think about the way the toffs were dressed – we just assumed they were rich. Rich and poor 2010-03-23T21:00:00Z

"My intelligence is like a machete in the jungle," yahs PhD toff Jason. The Apprentice 2013: louda, blunta and with more bosh 2013-05-04T05:00:00Z

At the rat-baiting, a loathsome group of toffs mocks Ethan for turning away from the bloody spectacle, chalking it up to American squeamishness. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Blood and Gore Are so Entertaining 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

In 1971 we weren't led as we are now by Etonian toffs whose educations were bankrolled by Daddy. Upstairs Downstairs is back 2010-12-24T08:00:02Z

Not till Margaret Thatcher did the Conservatives shake off their image as the party of toffs and fuddy-duddies – an image the current crop of Etonians is busily restoring. An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines – review 2013-01-04T10:00:01Z

He was an old-school Englishman, a toff — bespoke clothes, club memberships, plummy accent, riding to hounds — who lived most of his life abroad, broke much of the time, settling down at last in Greece. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

“It was an extraordinary thing ... none were toffs.” Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

Horace and Me is a little like Withnail & I for toffs, not thesps, with the love that dare not speak its name adopting the respectable cover of a dead language. Horace and Me by Harry Eyres – revew 2013-07-07T09:00:00Z

While above, the toffs are beginning the long slow slide towards irrelevance. Downton Abbey review – Down There Abbey, more like: they are all sex-mad 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Among the original candidates for the role of an MI6 toff were such war horses of Hollywood’s British colony as David Niven and James Mason. Clothes Make the Spy 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

Although Pratchett's wizards, vampires and goblins are far removed from Wodehouse's butlers, toffs and parties, both, said Florence, are from fantastical worlds. PG Wodehouse prize awarded to Terry Pratchett 2012-05-29T23:06:01Z

Is he a sociopath or merely an entitled toff? Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, her toff inamorato takes to the boards. Fences; Trelawny of the Wells; Richard III – review 2013-03-03T00:05:30Z

The subliminal message was that culture was a toff's preserve – a royal enclosure of the mind, as it were. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z

David Leaper, a retired surgeon who represents Poundbury on the Dorchester council, said, “this isn’t a ‘Charles Town’ for toffs,” toffs being slang for rich snobs. King Charles III built a town from scratch. It embodies his worldview. 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z

The Tory party he despised seemed based on privilege - and his new boss disliked her party's toffs every bit as much as he did. Obituary: Sir Bernard Ingham 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

For a man known as a toff, his roots were thoroughly working-class. Leslie Phillips obituary: The comedy Casanova who made it to Hogwarts 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

"The drawback is that people can think you're a toff for having been there. And we were fairly low down the socio-financial scale of families who send their sons." Bill Turnbull obituary: Beloved BBC Breakfast host 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

These toffs are still calling this drink orgeat for some reason, even though, now, it contains no barley at all. How orgeat evolved from a bland tummy tonic to a sweet mixer 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

A lot of thought seems to have gone into Johnson’s self-presentation as someone indifferent to appearances — a toff but with scuffed shoes familiar with the grass roots. Opinion | Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have much in common, with one vital, deflating difference 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

Both cosmopolitans and rye whiskey in general supposedly experienced a moment during the runs of their respective shows, and even today, you’ll see dressed-up toffs out on the town happily imbibing both cosmos and old-fashioneds. Hit TV shows can rocket certain cocktails to their own superstardom 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

Citibank internship led to Deutsche Bank job, and after a few years she was an equity derivatives trader at Deutsche, holding her own against the toff sharks of the City of London. Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into "misogynistic" new hire 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z

In the postwar decades, the first-person “I” was both an author’s highly distinctive ego and a proxy for a middle class no longer in competition with the capitalist toffs. If 'Philip Roth: The Biography' leaves you hating its subject, thank Blake Bailey 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

It’s toffs against proles, the rivalry of one of the great aristocrats of the early game, Lord Arthur Kinnaird, and the Glaswegian stonemason who was the first great professional, Fergus Suter. The English Game's few charms lie in the background, not centre stage | Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

The one that says you must pretend entitled toffs and morally bankrupt billionaires champion working people. Stanley and Boris Johnson express contempt for the British public. Why do we accept it? | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

She calls him a toff; he protests; they bicker, amiably. How Mary-Kay Wilmers Became Britain’s Most Influential Editor 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

“He’s created this persona: the toff who quotes Latin. And no one really asks him what he’s doing, whether it’s a good idea. That’s what got him this far.” Boris Johnson Faces a New Scandal, and ‘People See Blood in the Water’ 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Anyway, sure, plenty of toffs are found in many tourist meccas, but so are average Americans on vacation. ‘Wealth work’ captures only part of the stark jobs divide 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

The toffs are habitually awful, the banks are always foreclosing, and the proles, salt-of-the-earth brawlers and charmers that they are, can’t help themselves but get everybody unhelpfully pregnant. The English Game's few charms lie in the background, not centre stage | Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

One of the most successful efforts mounted by Grinnell and his fellow toffs was stopping the widespread slaughter of birds so that their feathers could adorn women’s hats. Review | The adventurer who helped preserve wild lands and Indian history 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

Set during the Crusades, the film is at heart just another superhero origin story, at first presenting its spoiled, upper-class toff of a protagonist as a disaffected war veteran. Review | Who needs another new ‘Robin Hood’ movie? Absolutely no one. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

She is at some pains, though, to dispel the widespread notion that the books can’t be much good because their author was a toff—a snob, a name-dropper, a mossbacked Tory. How Anthony Powell Wrote His Twelve-Volume Masterpiece 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

The inspiration for this undiplomatic outburst was a cynically distorted segment of Carlson’s show on Fox News, in which the bowtied Washington toff made an ugly cartoon of a very complex political situation. Opinion | The wasteland where Trump learns 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

In The English Game, the toffs object to the working-class northern teams largely for reasons of status. The English Game's few charms lie in the background, not centre stage | Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

Chequers means the British prime minister, at last at weekends, can always live like a toff. Trump faces awkward meeting with May at Chequers as protests build – live updates 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

To him, the G7 summit in Canada was a pointless gathering of political toffs. Trump’s vulgarity could be the one diplomatic style Kim Jong-un understands | Simon Jenkins 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

The tax will not be paid by Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, or any other real or imagined toffs running the targeted companies. Morning after on the jobs tax: Whether it comes fast or slow, Seattle will face a reckoning 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

Joan Crawford plays a cabaret singer set up to pose as an aristocrat by two scheming toffs. The Moviegoer, Jan. 14-27 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

Like a toff wanting to preserve the stately home, it appears that the stage is now set for Lachlan to take over the lot. Rupert Murdoch: Will this prove to be the media king’s last act? 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z

But yes, some British toffs have been lucky enough to marry an American. When Harry met Meghan: it’s every Richard Curtis movie rolled into one 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

My colleague Danny Westneat discussed how these and most other local toffs don’t live in the city proper, so they would be immune to Seattle’s proposed income tax. That’s rich: Seattle and the world’s two wealthiest men 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm. We can’t blame Prince Philip – we were the ones who indulged him | Terence Blacker 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

He is a consummate city slicker, a soft-handed, foul-mouthed toff who lives in a 58-story building and has been identified with New York City excess his entire life. The intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometown 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

In the Great Depression, as President Franklin Roosevelt experimented to help suffering average Americans, his fellow toffs considered him “a traitor to his class.” Dilemma of playing to the ‘working class’ 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z

Often caricatured as a politically incorrect toff, the Duke of Edinburgh is portrayed with surprising sympathy by Smith as a dashing young naval officer emasculated by his role as consort to the queen. Claire Foy of 'The Crown' on playing royalty 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the corporate toffs who helped craft these deals are richer than ever. DNC day one: more bad news for TPP backers 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z

The group, Save Our Party, has urged delegates to come to Cleveland and obtain floor credentials, but to stay toff the arena floor when the formal nomination process begins. This is the last stand for the ‘Never Trump’ movement. Here’s what might happen. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

To top it off, David Cameron’s wavering response to the Panama papers, which exposed his family’s offshore holdings, put him on the back foot and reminded everyone what a privileged toff he is. Jeremy Corbyn’s trench warfare 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

"You must never think education is just for the toffs," he says. 'Downton Abbey' recap: And the award for world's worst sister goes to ... Lady Mary! 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

It was the British codifying of the rules that made association football the world's game, the sport of the people, not just of the toffs. Did China invent football? - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

He is comfortable as a period toff, but can also convincingly play the polar opposite, someone as contemporary and anti-establishment as Julian Assange. The outrageous fortune of Benedict Cumberbatch 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z

Cameron is a high-class toff who only looks after his wealthy pals. How we got here: The wishy-washy candidates of Britain's close election 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Their "Un-credible shrinking man" video from last year was a merciless attack on Nick Clegg and caricatured the Tories as heartless toffs. What to expect when you're electing 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z

Nor was the ban a blow for class warfare, contrary to the belief of many Labour antis, who considered the “so-called sport” an exclusive preserve of cruel toffs. The hunter and the hapless 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The policeman then radioed in, asking for an ambulance, saying, “There’s some old toff here who doesn’t know his name.” British Noses, Firmly in the Air 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

Only three types of men wore shirts like that: toffs, posers, and Ben. Ben Bradlee's Electric Glow 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Yes, this represents all sorts of assets and wages, but for many — and not just the toffs — the stock market is very important. Main Street's stock-market fear, in one chart 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

In view of that, one might think that Karl had a scholarship boy's hankering admiration for the toffs: but it wasn't so. Karl Miller: a man of distinction 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

State-educated daughter of a bus driver with Ukip-esque views, who unabashedly revels in PM’s pain and loathes toff cliques who run party. The Tories at war: troublemakers, egotists and backstabbers 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

In fact, the presence of “English toffs” from the Downing Street in the pro-union campaign was seen as a major driver of votes towards “Yes”. Scottish Referendum Signals the Decline of Party Politics

So we are dealing with a major toff here, moving between his various smart residences in Wales and Wiltshire. Meet The Flintstones

An execrable electoral video depicting the Liberal Democrats as the gullible stooges of evil Tory toffs collided head-on with Mr Miliband’s talk of making politics less petty. Running out of road 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

This saying was supposed to have come from senior German commanders describing brave British soldiers led by incompetent old toffs from their chateaux. 10 myths about WW1 debunked 2014-01-20T00:35:21Z

Although many who knew him were aware of his political acuity, his image was that of an out-of-touch toff, happier on the grouse moor than in the corridors of power. Home at the Top 2013-10-18T01:57:09Z

From the top-hatted toffs in the Royal Enclosure to the cheaper, cheekier Silver Ring, there was an air of celebration among the crowd of 61,954. Queen and Lady Cecil win at Royal Ascot 2013-06-20T21:15:53Z

To begin with, he is an unabashed toff; not just any toff, in fact, but a grandson of Winston Churchill. Rupert Soames and Aggreko: Into the hurricane 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z

Cannes, the playground of toffs par excellence, was a favourite. PG Wodehouse and his French connection 2013-01-08T01:19:39Z

They are laughing at the dainty affectations of the Leawoof toffs. Working class voters: why America's poor are willing to vote Republican 2012-10-29T17:42:07Z

He should tell the toffs and tycoons of the infrastructure lobby that consumption, not investment, is today's absolute priority. Yeo's runway taunt is big-willy politics, and that is the most dangerous politics of all 2012-08-28T19:30:01Z

Dressage really is a procession of toffs in top hats, and there really isn't a point to making a horse skip from foot to foot like Little Lord Fauntleroy. BBC red button Olympics: dressage, women's wrestling and judo 2012-08-09T14:45:37Z

No longer the preserve of cowboys, toffs and highwaymen, riding enjoys a large and growing participant base among normal people. Olympics 2012: how to get involved in horse riding 2012-08-03T14:59:21Z

While Boyle celebrated a people's history of Britain, Olympic locations like Hampton Court, not to mention the Eton rowing lake, offer a toffs' history after all. Bradley Wiggins on his Olympic throne – a reminder of Britain's true history 2012-08-02T13:15:01Z

But neither the senator, nor the toff, nor the Hooray Henry he has bailed out in the past are prepared to stump up. Timon of Athens: the power of money 2012-07-20T14:58:20Z

Inevitably, too, he seems enmeshed in that internalised British debate that divides journalism into toffs and serfs as though part of some ink-stained class system. Is there too much press freedom? Ask 72 dead journalists 2012-06-30T23:05:53Z

"The toffs are toffier and the nobs are nobbier," said one of these well-informed sources with a wink and a mysterious hitch of a tweedy shoulder. From the archive, 20 June 1956: Windy day for toppers and chill one for ladies of fashion at Royal Ascot 2012-06-20T06:30:00Z

He looked very smart in his blue serge suit, straw hat, and brown boots; and the clerk in Mr. Young's office quite thought he was one of the governor's toffs come to buy horses. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z

He was a dandy—fop—macaroni—toff—whatever you choose, too; in a tarnished and down-at-heel way. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z

You tell us you're toffs, and the real Upper Ten, But behind all your ears is the mark of a pen! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z

He was the butt of the ladies of the pavement round Piccadilly Circus, who used to shout after him, enquire sarcastically “if he had got off last night,” and if his “toff hadn’t bilked him.” The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z

It's not unthinkable that Britain's most under-privileged people might bristle at the sight of a titled toff practicing the art of noblesse oblige. A Royal Visit but Little Change for Riot-Scarred North London Community 2012-02-14T08:00:00Z

The toffs may look thunder and tommy on me and my spicey rig out, But they don't stare yours faithfully down, an' it's all nasty envy, no doubt. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z

And isn't she a toff, in her fine hat and furs and snowdrops. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

At titles and distinctions once I'd ignorantly scoff, As if no bond could be betwixt the tradesman and the toff! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z

They regarded me as a wastrel who had been kicked out of doors, who had ‘seen better days;’ but they continued to think me a gentleman and I myself felt a gentleman, a ‘toff.’ The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z

Could it be that "the toff" who had entered the train at Elstree was an accomplice, and that Mr. Marker had gone to report to him and concert new measures? The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z

It's May, and the season's begun, All the toffs is in town—ah! you trust 'em! they know where to drop on the fun. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z

He died at the head of his platoon like the toff he was, and, Tommy, I never was very religious but I think little —— is in Heaven. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z

"You ask me, gov'nor, to resign," said he, "my only treasure, And so a toff her fickle heart away from me has won!" Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z

We could see the toffs in evening dress idling in the glow of her electric lights. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z

He must have got in at Elstree while I was attending to that there toff, and blessed if he ain't scooting into the same compartment with him now. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z

A toff was not a person to be attacked without due consideration. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z

Israel's 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls were found half a century ago in caves in the West Bank No longer is the archaeologist a nerdy toff with a shovel and a Shorter Oxford Dictionary of Latin. Real or fake? 2011-07-26T23:04:53Z

The old Tory coalition—a mixture of the aristocratic “toffs” and the patriotic masses, wrapped lovingly around the monarchy—is still visible, as you could see in the recent royal-wedding extravaganza. David Cameron Loves a Crisis 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z

These days the sport is doing its best to shed the image of braying toffs and sidling bookies to become fun for all the family. What to wear to the races 2011-07-14T11:34:00Z

Jones disapproves of the word "toff", but asserts it is far less wounding as it mocks the powerful rather than the poor. Why is 'chav' still controversial? 2011-06-03T09:38:47Z

As he crossed Edge Lane, he was surprised to perceive a stranger—a toff, indeed—who walked slowly along, looking up right and left at the grimy habitations about him. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z

There are several men in the cabinet who've inherited money and been sent to expensive schools: toffs basically. Tory toffs should be criticised for their policies ? not their backgrounds 2011-04-02T23:04:07Z

Lot of toffs my efforts mock; Menace us in chorus. Punch 1893.07.29 2011-04-01T02:00:37.493Z

Men, evil-faced, furtive, glanced at him, standing to watch if the "toff" would turn into some unfrequented narrow street. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z

No, no—there's nothing of the toff about me! Mr. Punch's Railway Book 2011-01-23T03:00:16.120Z

For what toff would come and live in the Jago except for a consideration of solid gain? A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z

By contrast, Diana belonged to a last generation of toffs to regard a college education as strictly optional for girls. Prince William?s Kate Will Be Britain?s First Thoroughly Modern Princess 2010-11-16T17:15:00Z

Then, further over, and bang in front of the finishing line, is the Royal Enclosure, the pen of the toffs. Royal Ascot: How to get thrown out of the Royal Enclosure 2010-06-17T20:00:00Z

Now, as you know, the nation is in thrall to a new comedy double act No, not the two toffs, but Mike Selvey and Andy Bull on tour in the Caribbean. England v Sri Lanka ? live! 2010-05-13T14:17:00Z

"What" said the toff, "do you walk on this?" Toga tactics 2010-05-03T08:23:00Z

Unlike British society which took - and takes - for granted a division of class by accent - toff and naff, posh and chav - America believed itself to be building a verbal democracy. The gift of the political gab 2010-04-02T13:02:00Z

What have these northern toffs got to do with an independent state in the south Pacific? 2010-01-17T09:38:00Z

It's a fine life to be a rich toff, or the imitation of one—which is quite sufficient for the general public. A Poached Peerage

Why, what toff would ever think of her? Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune

I may not have the polish of some toffs As I could mention on; but up to now No man has took my number down. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded

You’ve got to get that commission and become a toff of an orfficer, and I’ve got to win me stripes; and how’s it all to be done unless we smell powder? A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War

The men are what we call 'tough,' which is not exactly what you mean by 'toff.' Ancestors A Novel

They are all swells at the Towers; lords and ladies and toffs from London. A Poached Peerage

Up I gets and bows polite and pleasant as a toff— "Arternoon," I says, "I'm glad your boots are going stronger; Only thing I'm dreading is your feet 'ull both come off." Collected Poems Volume Two

"Yes, but he don't look old, and I know he's a toff, too." Australia Revenged

“Is this the way you treat the toffs, when they come to see you?” The Tale of Timber Town

“Young toffs,” she decided, and wondered if it were worth while getting up or not. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker

"But seeing you eight sizes more of a toff than what you were when I previously 'ad the pleasure, I 'esitated to tip you the 'Ow Do." The Dop Doctor

Speaking as a toff," I says, "it isn't comme il faut! Collected Poems Volume Two

The letter was from some toff, 'cause it come from Menzie's Hotel. Australia Revenged

You’re the greatest toff that has come to see me, so far.” The Tale of Timber Town

By a curious coincidence the great news seemed to have reached all, toffs and crooks alike, at exactly the same time. Fantômas

Him and you are toffs, and me and Keyse are common folks.... The Dop Doctor

"Or ever the blooming war was done, Or I had ceased to roam; I was a slave in Africa, And you were a toff at home." A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition

I forgot to say that two fellows looking like toffs have been enquiring for you, and from what I can learn they don't mean you any good. Australia Revenged

D’you call to mind that long-legged toff at The Lucky Digger?” The Tale of Timber Town

When Mr. Hopkins, the butler, returned a little unsteadily at a quarter to ten to learn that his mistress had engaged a "proper toff" as his footman, he was profoundly moved. Anthony Lyveden

This dead toff, with his flash waggon and fine team, and Winchester repeating-rifles, had very little money. The Dop Doctor

I thought I’d see Paris, do the thing—like a toff. Anna the Adventuress

A swell, Trampy, a toff, a gentleman like those in the front boxes. The Bill-Toppers

Between the calico shanties and along the miry, uneven ways, men stand in groups, their conversation all of the luck of “the toffs.” The Tale of Timber Town

"He was," explained Tommy, "such a swell of a toff, that one couldn't help potting him." South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899

Boss, the sick toff is doing a croak. The Dop Doctor

I feel like a regular ‘toff,’ don’t you know, but my studs are for the moment lost. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar

If anyone went in his grimy, war-worn garments, and many now have nothing else, he was glowered at by these toffs, as if he had no right to be there. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"

“But you saw that bit of a scrap in The Lucky Digger, between one of these parties as is murdered and the toff from the Old Country.” The Tale of Timber Town

"Brat yourself y' toff," cried Tray, pocketing his money. The Opal Serpent

There is a "toff" in it, played by Mr. Kendal, whose name is Prince Karatoff, which reminds us of the Duke of Turniptop. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893

I'm not one of those toffs that you think you can impose upon. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07

What then are those toffs in high places of trust, Who live on our golden largess? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893

But I give largess to my vassals—that, I believe, is real, toff, Court dialect. The Tale of Timber Town

"I 'ate toffs," he said, deliberately, as he placed his mug on the counter. A Master Of Craft

Just as the toff is opposite him, he spins round suddenly, exclaiming, "By Jove!" and falls down like a sack of potatoes all of a heap. Impressions of a War Correspondent

The 'toff' that owned the 'wedge' made a dreadful song about it next day, and him wallowing in wealth, what do you think of that? Six Years in the Prisons of England

I've seen King Harry's helmet in the Abbey hanging high— The one he wore At Agincourt; But braver to my eye That city toff Too keen to doff His stove-pipe—bless him—why? The Silk-Hat Soldier And Other Poems in War Time

Perhaps," said he, "the toff would like a sniff at the same time? News from the Duchy

A bloke was a-tellin' me they had a broken-down toff round at The Chequers, and some on 'em says you ain't no more broken down 'n the Lord Mayor. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary

A young subaltern with an eye-glass, no end of a toff, walks along the front of the line, and he watches with interested delight microscopic ducklets of his head, synchronising with whistles. Impressions of a War Correspondent

Well, you turn to the 'toff' and say to him that you have found a ring which is entirely useless to you, as you never wear these articles, and ask him to purchase it. Six Years in the Prisons of England

The real toff knows that Russia is the place to dine. My War Experiences in Two Continents

He described my man as a real toff, none of your little yappers. The Shield of Silence

He only knew that the saintly man talked like a "toff," and said strange things. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary

His eyes and whole attention were on the back of the departing toff. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs

A little boy can sneak behind a 'toff' and relieve him of his 'wipe' as easily as possible. Six Years in the Prisons of England

You see, me gone, there’s nothing to ’amper ’er—nothing to interfere with ’er settling down as a quiet, respectable toff. The Observations of Henry

"Reg'lar toff!" she muttered, gazing at him with frank admiration, quite impersonal. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day

After a little the "toff" dropped the accent of the Belgravian and began to speak in low, impassioned tones; he told one little story, and Jim found that he must cry or swear. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary

In fact, Jim Silver had been Silver Mug when Albert was still a ragged little urchin asking for cigarette pictures from passing toffs outside Brighton Railway Station. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs

Did you bring a bottle, any of you shore toffs?... The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle

It’s like the toffs as come out our way. The Observations of Henry

I reckon 'e forgot or else th' toff there, 'e don't ricollick. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day

I say, ye are a toff, an' nae mistake; ye micht pass for a lord,' she said, with a kind of scornful approbation. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow

"You look half way between a toff and an artist!" he declared. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

A toff in a black coat and high hat scrambled with agility, came up to the second mate, shook hands, and said:—"Hallo, Herbert." The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle

He was a waiter, like myself—not a bad sort of chap, though a bit of a toff in his off-hours. The Observations of Henry

The likes of 'im having visitors, and one a toff, too. A Lost Leader

"What a toff he is," thought Kitty, full of the pride of her love. Mike Fletcher A Novel

He is now regarded as the "toff of the regiment." Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters

But if an officer spoke to us kindly or did us some slight service we would call him a "brick," a "toff," or a "sport," and overflow with sentimental devotion. Combed Out

I am awfully pleased about that sovereign; it will make me one of the greatest toffs in the school. The Rebel of the School

I've been reel cobbers with the British toff While I'm on leaf; for Blighty liked our crowd, An' done us proud. Digger Smith

While boys screeched forth, in chorus vile, "I'll lay the toff don't catch 'is tile." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892

Who has a little temper of His own, and sports a winter cough, And thinks himself a mighty toff?— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 9, 1892

The letters, Shovel explained, meant Society for the somethink of Juvenile Criminals, and the toffs what ran it got hold of you when you came out of quod. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood

"A toff" was her secret comment upon the engineer; and from her limited experience she had been led to understand that it was not good form among "toffs" to shake hands. A Daughter of the Snows

She felt that the meagre abode which she must name home had received the hallmark of a "toff's" approval. Flames

Meg had heard the toff talking to the policeman—though I didn't know she was standing so near—and whisked her off and away as quick as lightning.' Aylwin

I see straight off—there's a toff… Excuse me, sir. Best Russian Short Stories

They were superior toffs, what trusted to your honor. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood

Your toff likes the turmuts or stubbles when poultry is there to be shot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890

Talk like a blooming toff too, you do.' The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta

When Meg was obliged to send her into the streets to sell things she was always afraid that the Beauty might come to harm through the toffs and the chaps. Aylwin

When you find that your entrance no longer fills a Brown Borough room with sudden silence, you may be glad and know that you have ceased to be a lidy or a toff. This Is the End

And we both know how to put on the toff a bit. The War in the Air

Sometimes you couldn't understand toffs when they made a shy at being friendly, but you could understand him, and he stirred up your spirits. The Lost Prince

Is one of you the toff that wants to marry her? A Chair on the Boulevard

By now the mews had wakened to the fact of the presence of a "toff" in its midst. The Black Bag

"It's runnin' away!" or "The toff's mad or drunk!" shouted others. The Rising of the Court

It gives me the fair 'ump, it does, these toffs coming in and taking the bread out of our mouths. The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion

Mrs. Archdale druv me over to see them, an' Sarah gave us all afternoon tea—she an' Bill are real toffs in their little new cottage there. Back to Billabong

A regular toff—he was—free with his rhino as could be, and dressed up to the nines. My Strangest Case

There's another gent just come up in a taxi, sir—proper toff too from 'is looks. A Rogue by Compulsion

There's hundreds of toffs in England and Injia'd give their ears for a day after these, you know. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life

She's never 'ad no chance to associate with a real toff. The Rose in the Ring

He looked at the Rolls-Royce, with the two motionless servants on the box, at Francis standing by, at Sir Timothy, even to his thick understanding the very prototype of a "toff." The Evil Shepherd

It was a rare toff who put us on to it. My Strangest Case

"Who's the toff who just left your lot?" he said, when Bates arrived. Number Seventeen

Word was passed down that it was a "toff darncin' with Nugget's donah," and from various parts of the room black-coated duplicates of Nugget hurried swiftly to the scene. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life

“Oh,” said his mate, “any one could see 'e was a toff—I seed him black 'is boots and brush his teeth.” Spinifex and Sand

"And 'ere's just a flick for the toff to be going on with!" The Evil Shepherd

Nice sort of toff 'e was, forgot all about the boots, and me a-doin' 'is browns as slap-up as if 'e was a-goin' out to dinner with the Queen. My Strangest Case

Don't run the bluff that you are on, Or proudly scoff at every toff Who rattles off a rag-time con. The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum

"Often heard toffs decorated their tables with rags in hobble rings, but never believed it before." We of the Never-Never

Others were talking: 'Where are the Parisian fasteners?' asked a toff. Under Fire: the story of a squad

For what girls in my position generally call a 'toff.' The Fortunate Youth

"Don't come the toff with me," interrupted the woman. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl

Playing cards, hobnobbing with flash toffs with a swank glass in their eye, adrinking fizz and he half smothered in writs and garnishee orders. Ulysses

The 'Queen,' sent 'er to fetch the toff to see 'er cut 'er lucky. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

I'm trying hard to smoke cigarettes like one of your English toffs.' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life

He was dressed like a toff, and he had a black beard, cut square at the end, and a pale face. The Hound of the Baskervilles

Fine old chap he is, too—regular old toff, old Conservative! Dubliners

The policeman passed a second time; his gaze seemed to say, "Now, what's a toff doing on that seat with those two rotters?" The Island Pharisees

The toff who had bought him a drink after the fight and patted him on the shoulder had used those words. When God Laughs: and other stories

"When you go on your trip for action in the Bois among the toffs, will you take me with you?" Caught in the Net

Gentlemen—"real toffs," they call 'em—whom you don't know from Adam—think nothing of speaking to you in the street. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques

This looked like a row between toffs, and of all things which most intrigued him a row between toffs ranked highest. A Damsel in Distress

Half a score of ambitious politicians, gouty old financiers, bald-headed old toffs, with their waxed moustaches and false teeth. All Roads Lead to Calvary

There was a party of toffs there all together. Novel Notes

When I’m an ’Arry, I ’ates myself ’cos I knows I’m a toff.’ Novel Notes

单词	toff
例句	toff That spirit alarmed and discomfited many Europeans, toff and peasant alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We might even wind up having tea and cakes at the Savoy Cafe with the nobs and toffs of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On the first night, when they were sheltering in the bike shed of a burned-out school, Corporal Nettle said, “What’s a private soldier like you doing talking like a toff?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Peaks and toffs ... fancy a spot of socially licensed murder, old man? The Duellists: it takes two to tangle 2010-10-28T09:00:00Z My worries about Timothy Spall as a toff have been allayed; he's a hotsy-totsy Clarence. TV Review: Call the Midwife 2013-01-20T21:00:01Z We call such people "stuffed shirts", though "toffs" is close enough. Britishisms in American English? Brilliant 2012-09-28T11:55:12Z As a key element in the toff’s social armor, they have become an easy target in a country fraught with class tensions, particularly as slaves of urban style have co-opted the look. Men In Red Pants: Stuck in Old Cultural Baggage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z And scenes of great beauty – a game of golf for a bunch of Tory toffs on a Sussex links course, interrupted by Valentine and one of her protester friends outrageously demanding the vote. Parade's End – review 2012-08-25T06:00:00Z OK, Hathaway's bespectacled, "alternative," gamine-but-serious Emma is working in a Mexican restaurant while Sturgess' intolerably self-involved upper-class toff, Dexter, travels the world in bad chinos and a Flock of Seagulls haircut, doing French girls. "One Day": A gimmicky, misbegotten love story 2011-08-18T17:19:00Z "One swallow doesn't make a summer, Thomas," sneers one young toff, dumping Thomas into the "Cheers for the grapple, old bean, never telegram me ever again" file. Grace Dent's Screen burn: Downton Abbey 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Will her North Shore High team stick it to those prep school toffs opposite? Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Or heat them, so the poor old toffs shake as well as rattle and bumble, while haughty ancestors from happier times look down disapprovingly from family portraits on the staircase. TV review: Country House Rescue 2012-06-14T20:00:06Z Now toffs are really only good for a certain kind of television show. TV review: Country House Rescue; Waking the Dead; Celebrity Naked Ambition; How To Buy a Puppy 2011-03-14T08:00:03Z Why, given Peckham's multicultural population, was the toff contingent all white? Last night's TV 2010-06-17T07:00:00Z One minute he’d be talking like a toff, and the next like a cop. ‘Pistol’ Tells Steve Jones’s Story. With a Touch of Showbiz. 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The erosion of social deference had a cultural impact because until the late 1960s professional criticism was also, if not a toffs' preserve, certainly a highbrow, Oxbridge-dominated enclosure. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z Brief flashbacks to the humiliations of his trial and the balm of opening-night adulation — represented by a sea of ecstatically applauding Victorian toffs — interrupt these peregrinations and underline the tragedy of his fall. Review: In His Last Years, Oscar Wilde Is Far From ‘The Happy Prince’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z And then, with impeccable timing, the toffs really blew it. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z An uncoordinated toff with a memory like a cravat who gangles through life with his fingers in his ears while his ghastly family re-enact various civil wars over the silverware. Blandings is just the ticket, by jove 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z British vehicular stereotypes range from white delivery vans for the working class to Range Rovers -- dubbed “Chelsea Tractors” for a tony London neighborhood – for elitist “toffs.” White vans and pickups: sending signals from behind the wheel 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z You know, dinner parties, table placements, debutants, an heirless toff in search of a second wife, an educated and pretty but penniless young woman holding out for true love ... TV review: River Cottage; The Making of a Lady; Him & Her 2012-12-16T21:45:01Z Their biggest contribution to rock history might be as the first artists to get busted by the kind of people who maintain that toffs can't rock. Hidden treasures: Chad and Jeremy – The Ark 2013-01-29T10:41:01Z Have they forced you to play a toff again? What's up, you posh boys, can't you take a joke? 2012-08-18T23:06:40Z All things considered, I'd rather see Fry quizzing chinless toffs about their gormless heirs. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z The pedigreed location in Ascot — where the yearly Royal Ascot horse races provide quintessential English scenes of blondes in big hats and toffs in tailcoats — is just a short canter from Windsor Castle. Country Cousin 2010-09-29T21:50:00Z Whatever Amis's real feelings about Lionel, the critics were predictably divided; they were, however, more inclined to give him a chance than they had been The Pregnant Widow's toffs cavorting around an Italian castle. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z Period villains sprang up in derby hats – a shady photographer, a sneering newspaper editor, a crooked impresario of bare-knuckled fighting – and our heroes were soon in pursuit of a toff in a carriage. Rewind TV: Borgen; Ripper Street; Africa: Kalahari; Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon; Hotel – review 2013-01-06T00:08:08Z Photo: BBC Britain endures appalling toilet facilities in a string of regional sports centres in order to have its heirlooms fondled by toffs with fingers like battered sausages. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z He bears no grudges against toffs, singling out Rupert Everett as “hugely delightful”. Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z His father – Sunny, the duke, or His Grace as the staff refer to him, modernly – is more of a proper old-skool toff. TV review: The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace 2012-11-22T22:00:04Z In the British military, by contrast, the lack of this shared linguistic medium reflects the basic class division of the army, between officers and men, toffs and proles. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z When the Tory candidate for West Fife turned up on our doorstep during the general election campaign of 1959, it was my first encounter with somebody who'd be known now as a toff. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z The image of Britain's wartime fighter pilots as a bunch of public school toffs is a misleading one, said Warner, and one that does their achievements an injustice. Battle of Britain heroes show the strain of war 2010-04-22T11:36:00Z It was nice to see the working classes getting ahead of the toffs for a change — and women too. Roddy Doyle Scored 8 Out of 10 on a Quiz About Roddy Doyle 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z It was not "yuppies chugging champagne in City wine bars, toffs dancing around in puffball skirts to Duran Duran", but the miners, and Meat Is Murder, and benefit gigs for Nicaragua. Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn – review 2013-02-10T08:00:01Z There are underlit toffs barking about "moral virtue" and the dangers posed by the "lower classes". Murder On The Victorian Railway: something completely different 2013-02-16T06:00:03Z She was, let's not forget, also a wartime leader … She was an amazing person – a woman from a working-class background who took on the toffs. Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z It's all beautifully shot and immaculately observed, with the usual array of twittering mimsies, period-specific hunks and toffs in cloche hats saying "efficacy" over sandwiches the size of postage stamps. Agatha Christie's Poirot: time to bid adieu 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z He flushed with pleasure when he, a provincial Englander from a middle-class background, was mistaken for a toff. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z But, on a second viewing, it becomes clear that Wade's chief target is not just privileged toffs but the cosy network that really runs Britain. Posh – review 2012-05-23T22:01:01Z He's as angry about the Etonian renaissance as he once was about Thatcher, and has a great gag about toffs co-opting the culture of the working class. Alexei Sayle – review 2013-01-24T17:46:05Z Publishers were toffs, booksellers trade, and printers the artisan champions of liberty. The transformation of publishing 2012-11-09T22:54:01Z The press claimed he was such a “toff” that guests to his home were banned from wearing blue jeans to lunch. Julian Fellowes: The Creator of ?Downton Abbey? 2011-09-11T05:00:22Z The belle of the Wells falls for a toff and finds that toffdom is boring. Fences; Trelawny of the Wells; Richard III – review 2013-03-03T00:05:30Z Cameron wasn't a top toff dictating terms: he was a needy lad, too. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Murdoch was immediately asked about his relationship to politics and British "toffs", a reference to his regular attacks on Britain's gilded establishment, which the Australian-born tycoon has lampooned as snobbish and inefficient. Murdoch 'never asked a UK prime minister for anything' 2012-04-25T12:48:00Z It's good to see some realism, though, because duelling was just socially licensed murder for toffs. The Duellists: it takes two to tangle 2010-10-28T09:00:00Z In the movie Ms. Streep effortlessly imitates those burnished, sometimes strident, declamatory tones, the one the novelist Angela Carter once said were reminiscent “not of real toffs but of Wodehouse aunts.” Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z Patrick, played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the TV adaptation, is a tortured toff — abuse victim, drug addict, fading aristocrat — but also an arch observer of his circle, which happens to be the Diana-era Tatler set. New & Noteworthy 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z On the one hand they've got these royals, socialites and toffs wanting to party with them, at the ballroom of the Imperial, later at the basement after-party, in their mansions and on the private trains. Dancing on the Edge; The Year of Making Love – TV review 2013-02-05T07:00:11Z He scraped into the Calgary Olympics with a jump just short of 70m, and in the process upset many of the toffs heading up the British Olympic Association. Eddie the Eagle: ‘I was probably closer to the ostrich’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Though he's blue-blooded, he's not one of our own Bullingdon toffs, already blessed with every advantage that life can bestow. What's The King's Speech's secret weapon of mass adulation? 2011-02-22T16:45:41Z He's not your stereotypical bloated toff, out of touch with modern life and nodding off mid-hearing. Six to watch: legal dramas 2011-02-22T11:49:00Z We didn't really think about the way the toffs were dressed – we just assumed they were rich. Rich and poor 2010-03-23T21:00:00Z "My intelligence is like a machete in the jungle," yahs PhD toff Jason. The Apprentice 2013: louda, blunta and with more bosh 2013-05-04T05:00:00Z At the rat-baiting, a loathsome group of toffs mocks Ethan for turning away from the bloody spectacle, chalking it up to American squeamishness. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: Blood and Gore Are so Entertaining 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z In 1971 we weren't led as we are now by Etonian toffs whose educations were bankrolled by Daddy. Upstairs Downstairs is back 2010-12-24T08:00:02Z Not till Margaret Thatcher did the Conservatives shake off their image as the party of toffs and fuddy-duddies – an image the current crop of Etonians is busily restoring. An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo by Richard Davenport-Hines – review 2013-01-04T10:00:01Z He was an old-school Englishman, a toff — bespoke clothes, club memberships, plummy accent, riding to hounds — who lived most of his life abroad, broke much of the time, settling down at last in Greece. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “It was an extraordinary thing ... none were toffs.” Tim Roth: ‘If you neglect the working class for so long they will rebel against you’ 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Horace and Me is a little like Withnail & I for toffs, not thesps, with the love that dare not speak its name adopting the respectable cover of a dead language. Horace and Me by Harry Eyres – revew 2013-07-07T09:00:00Z While above, the toffs are beginning the long slow slide towards irrelevance. Downton Abbey review – Down There Abbey, more like: they are all sex-mad 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Among the original candidates for the role of an MI6 toff were such war horses of Hollywood’s British colony as David Niven and James Mason. Clothes Make the Spy 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Although Pratchett's wizards, vampires and goblins are far removed from Wodehouse's butlers, toffs and parties, both, said Florence, are from fantastical worlds. PG Wodehouse prize awarded to Terry Pratchett 2012-05-29T23:06:01Z Is he a sociopath or merely an entitled toff? Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, her toff inamorato takes to the boards. Fences; Trelawny of the Wells; Richard III – review 2013-03-03T00:05:30Z The subliminal message was that culture was a toff's preserve – a royal enclosure of the mind, as it were. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z David Leaper, a retired surgeon who represents Poundbury on the Dorchester council, said, “this isn’t a ‘Charles Town’ for toffs,” toffs being slang for rich snobs. King Charles III built a town from scratch. It embodies his worldview. 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The Tory party he despised seemed based on privilege - and his new boss disliked her party's toffs every bit as much as he did. Obituary: Sir Bernard Ingham 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z For a man known as a toff, his roots were thoroughly working-class. Leslie Phillips obituary: The comedy Casanova who made it to Hogwarts 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z "The drawback is that people can think you're a toff for having been there. And we were fairly low down the socio-financial scale of families who send their sons." Bill Turnbull obituary: Beloved BBC Breakfast host 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z These toffs are still calling this drink orgeat for some reason, even though, now, it contains no barley at all. How orgeat evolved from a bland tummy tonic to a sweet mixer 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z A lot of thought seems to have gone into Johnson’s self-presentation as someone indifferent to appearances — a toff but with scuffed shoes familiar with the grass roots. Opinion \| Donald Trump and Boris Johnson have much in common, with one vital, deflating difference 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Both cosmopolitans and rye whiskey in general supposedly experienced a moment during the runs of their respective shows, and even today, you’ll see dressed-up toffs out on the town happily imbibing both cosmos and old-fashioneds. Hit TV shows can rocket certain cocktails to their own superstardom 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Citibank internship led to Deutsche Bank job, and after a few years she was an equity derivatives trader at Deutsche, holding her own against the toff sharks of the City of London. Apple employees circulate petition demanding investigation into "misogynistic" new hire 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In the postwar decades, the first-person “I” was both an author’s highly distinctive ego and a proxy for a middle class no longer in competition with the capitalist toffs. If 'Philip Roth: The Biography' leaves you hating its subject, thank Blake Bailey 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s toffs against proles, the rivalry of one of the great aristocrats of the early game, Lord Arthur Kinnaird, and the Glaswegian stonemason who was the first great professional, Fergus Suter. The English Game's few charms lie in the background, not centre stage \| Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The one that says you must pretend entitled toffs and morally bankrupt billionaires champion working people. Stanley and Boris Johnson express contempt for the British public. Why do we accept it? \| Arwa Mahdawi 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z She calls him a toff; he protests; they bicker, amiably. How Mary-Kay Wilmers Became Britain’s Most Influential Editor 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “He’s created this persona: the toff who quotes Latin. And no one really asks him what he’s doing, whether it’s a good idea. That’s what got him this far.” Boris Johnson Faces a New Scandal, and ‘People See Blood in the Water’ 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Anyway, sure, plenty of toffs are found in many tourist meccas, but so are average Americans on vacation. ‘Wealth work’ captures only part of the stark jobs divide 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The toffs are habitually awful, the banks are always foreclosing, and the proles, salt-of-the-earth brawlers and charmers that they are, can’t help themselves but get everybody unhelpfully pregnant. The English Game's few charms lie in the background, not centre stage \| Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z One of the most successful efforts mounted by Grinnell and his fellow toffs was stopping the widespread slaughter of birds so that their feathers could adorn women’s hats. Review \| The adventurer who helped preserve wild lands and Indian history 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Set during the Crusades, the film is at heart just another superhero origin story, at first presenting its spoiled, upper-class toff of a protagonist as a disaffected war veteran. Review \| Who needs another new ‘Robin Hood’ movie? Absolutely no one. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z She is at some pains, though, to dispel the widespread notion that the books can’t be much good because their author was a toff—a snob, a name-dropper, a mossbacked Tory. How Anthony Powell Wrote His Twelve-Volume Masterpiece 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The inspiration for this undiplomatic outburst was a cynically distorted segment of Carlson’s show on Fox News, in which the bowtied Washington toff made an ugly cartoon of a very complex political situation. Opinion \| The wasteland where Trump learns 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In The English Game, the toffs object to the working-class northern teams largely for reasons of status. The English Game's few charms lie in the background, not centre stage \| Jonathan Wilson 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Chequers means the British prime minister, at last at weekends, can always live like a toff. Trump faces awkward meeting with May at Chequers as protests build – live updates 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z To him, the G7 summit in Canada was a pointless gathering of political toffs. Trump’s vulgarity could be the one diplomatic style Kim Jong-un understands \| Simon Jenkins 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The tax will not be paid by Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, or any other real or imagined toffs running the targeted companies. Morning after on the jobs tax: Whether it comes fast or slow, Seattle will face a reckoning 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Joan Crawford plays a cabaret singer set up to pose as an aristocrat by two scheming toffs. The Moviegoer, Jan. 14-27 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Like a toff wanting to preserve the stately home, it appears that the stage is now set for Lachlan to take over the lot. Rupert Murdoch: Will this prove to be the media king’s last act? 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z But yes, some British toffs have been lucky enough to marry an American. When Harry met Meghan: it’s every Richard Curtis movie rolled into one 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z My colleague Danny Westneat discussed how these and most other local toffs don’t live in the city proper, so they would be immune to Seattle’s proposed income tax. That’s rich: Seattle and the world’s two wealthiest men 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm. We can’t blame Prince Philip – we were the ones who indulged him \| Terence Blacker 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z He is a consummate city slicker, a soft-handed, foul-mouthed toff who lives in a 58-story building and has been identified with New York City excess his entire life. The intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometown 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In the Great Depression, as President Franklin Roosevelt experimented to help suffering average Americans, his fellow toffs considered him “a traitor to his class.” Dilemma of playing to the ‘working class’ 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Often caricatured as a politically incorrect toff, the Duke of Edinburgh is portrayed with surprising sympathy by Smith as a dashing young naval officer emasculated by his role as consort to the queen. Claire Foy of 'The Crown' on playing royalty 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the corporate toffs who helped craft these deals are richer than ever. DNC day one: more bad news for TPP backers 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The group, Save Our Party, has urged delegates to come to Cleveland and obtain floor credentials, but to stay toff the arena floor when the formal nomination process begins. This is the last stand for the ‘Never Trump’ movement. Here’s what might happen. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z To top it off, David Cameron’s wavering response to the Panama papers, which exposed his family’s offshore holdings, put him on the back foot and reminded everyone what a privileged toff he is. Jeremy Corbyn’s trench warfare 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z "You must never think education is just for the toffs," he says. 'Downton Abbey' recap: And the award for world's worst sister goes to ... Lady Mary! 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z It was the British codifying of the rules that made association football the world's game, the sport of the people, not just of the toffs. Did China invent football? - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z He is comfortable as a period toff, but can also convincingly play the polar opposite, someone as contemporary and anti-establishment as Julian Assange. The outrageous fortune of Benedict Cumberbatch 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Cameron is a high-class toff who only looks after his wealthy pals. How we got here: The wishy-washy candidates of Britain's close election 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Their "Un-credible shrinking man" video from last year was a merciless attack on Nick Clegg and caricatured the Tories as heartless toffs. What to expect when you're electing 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Nor was the ban a blow for class warfare, contrary to the belief of many Labour antis, who considered the “so-called sport” an exclusive preserve of cruel toffs. The hunter and the hapless 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The policeman then radioed in, asking for an ambulance, saying, “There’s some old toff here who doesn’t know his name.” British Noses, Firmly in the Air 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Only three types of men wore shirts like that: toffs, posers, and Ben. Ben Bradlee's Electric Glow 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Yes, this represents all sorts of assets and wages, but for many — and not just the toffs — the stock market is very important. Main Street's stock-market fear, in one chart 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z In view of that, one might think that Karl had a scholarship boy's hankering admiration for the toffs: but it wasn't so. Karl Miller: a man of distinction 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z State-educated daughter of a bus driver with Ukip-esque views, who unabashedly revels in PM’s pain and loathes toff cliques who run party. The Tories at war: troublemakers, egotists and backstabbers 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In fact, the presence of “English toffs” from the Downing Street in the pro-union campaign was seen as a major driver of votes towards “Yes”. Scottish Referendum Signals the Decline of Party Politics So we are dealing with a major toff here, moving between his various smart residences in Wales and Wiltshire. Meet The Flintstones An execrable electoral video depicting the Liberal Democrats as the gullible stooges of evil Tory toffs collided head-on with Mr Miliband’s talk of making politics less petty. Running out of road 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z This saying was supposed to have come from senior German commanders describing brave British soldiers led by incompetent old toffs from their chateaux. 10 myths about WW1 debunked 2014-01-20T00:35:21Z Although many who knew him were aware of his political acuity, his image was that of an out-of-touch toff, happier on the grouse moor than in the corridors of power. Home at the Top 2013-10-18T01:57:09Z From the top-hatted toffs in the Royal Enclosure to the cheaper, cheekier Silver Ring, there was an air of celebration among the crowd of 61,954. Queen and Lady Cecil win at Royal Ascot 2013-06-20T21:15:53Z To begin with, he is an unabashed toff; not just any toff, in fact, but a grandson of Winston Churchill. Rupert Soames and Aggreko: Into the hurricane 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z Cannes, the playground of toffs par excellence, was a favourite. PG Wodehouse and his French connection 2013-01-08T01:19:39Z They are laughing at the dainty affectations of the Leawoof toffs. Working class voters: why America's poor are willing to vote Republican 2012-10-29T17:42:07Z He should tell the toffs and tycoons of the infrastructure lobby that consumption, not investment, is today's absolute priority. Yeo's runway taunt is big-willy politics, and that is the most dangerous politics of all 2012-08-28T19:30:01Z Dressage really is a procession of toffs in top hats, and there really isn't a point to making a horse skip from foot to foot like Little Lord Fauntleroy. BBC red button Olympics: dressage, women's wrestling and judo 2012-08-09T14:45:37Z No longer the preserve of cowboys, toffs and highwaymen, riding enjoys a large and growing participant base among normal people. Olympics 2012: how to get involved in horse riding 2012-08-03T14:59:21Z While Boyle celebrated a people's history of Britain, Olympic locations like Hampton Court, not to mention the Eton rowing lake, offer a toffs' history after all. Bradley Wiggins on his Olympic throne – a reminder of Britain's true history 2012-08-02T13:15:01Z But neither the senator, nor the toff, nor the Hooray Henry he has bailed out in the past are prepared to stump up. Timon of Athens: the power of money 2012-07-20T14:58:20Z Inevitably, too, he seems enmeshed in that internalised British debate that divides journalism into toffs and serfs as though part of some ink-stained class system. Is there too much press freedom? Ask 72 dead journalists 2012-06-30T23:05:53Z "The toffs are toffier and the nobs are nobbier," said one of these well-informed sources with a wink and a mysterious hitch of a tweedy shoulder. From the archive, 20 June 1956: Windy day for toppers and chill one for ladies of fashion at Royal Ascot 2012-06-20T06:30:00Z He looked very smart in his blue serge suit, straw hat, and brown boots; and the clerk in Mr. Young's office quite thought he was one of the governor's toffs come to buy horses. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z He was a dandy—fop—macaroni—toff—whatever you choose, too; in a tarnished and down-at-heel way. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z You tell us you're toffs, and the real Upper Ten, But behind all your ears is the mark of a pen! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z He was the butt of the ladies of the pavement round Piccadilly Circus, who used to shout after him, enquire sarcastically “if he had got off last night,” and if his “toff hadn’t bilked him.” The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z It's not unthinkable that Britain's most under-privileged people might bristle at the sight of a titled toff practicing the art of noblesse oblige. A Royal Visit but Little Change for Riot-Scarred North London Community 2012-02-14T08:00:00Z The toffs may look thunder and tommy on me and my spicey rig out, But they don't stare yours faithfully down, an' it's all nasty envy, no doubt. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z And isn't she a toff, in her fine hat and furs and snowdrops. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z At titles and distinctions once I'd ignorantly scoff, As if no bond could be betwixt the tradesman and the toff! Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z They regarded me as a wastrel who had been kicked out of doors, who had ‘seen better days;’ but they continued to think me a gentleman and I myself felt a gentleman, a ‘toff.’ The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Could it be that "the toff" who had entered the train at Elstree was an accomplice, and that Mr. Marker had gone to report to him and concert new measures? The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z It's May, and the season's begun, All the toffs is in town—ah! you trust 'em! they know where to drop on the fun. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z He died at the head of his platoon like the toff he was, and, Tommy, I never was very religious but I think little —— is in Heaven. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z "You ask me, gov'nor, to resign," said he, "my only treasure, And so a toff her fickle heart away from me has won!" Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z We could see the toffs in evening dress idling in the glow of her electric lights. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z He must have got in at Elstree while I was attending to that there toff, and blessed if he ain't scooting into the same compartment with him now. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z A toff was not a person to be attacked without due consideration. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Israel's 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls were found half a century ago in caves in the West Bank No longer is the archaeologist a nerdy toff with a shovel and a Shorter Oxford Dictionary of Latin. Real or fake? 2011-07-26T23:04:53Z The old Tory coalition—a mixture of the aristocratic “toffs” and the patriotic masses, wrapped lovingly around the monarchy—is still visible, as you could see in the recent royal-wedding extravaganza. David Cameron Loves a Crisis 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z These days the sport is doing its best to shed the image of braying toffs and sidling bookies to become fun for all the family. What to wear to the races 2011-07-14T11:34:00Z Jones disapproves of the word "toff", but asserts it is far less wounding as it mocks the powerful rather than the poor. Why is 'chav' still controversial? 2011-06-03T09:38:47Z As he crossed Edge Lane, he was surprised to perceive a stranger—a toff, indeed—who walked slowly along, looking up right and left at the grimy habitations about him. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z There are several men in the cabinet who've inherited money and been sent to expensive schools: toffs basically. Tory toffs should be criticised for their policies ? not their backgrounds 2011-04-02T23:04:07Z Lot of toffs my efforts mock; Menace us in chorus. Punch 1893.07.29 2011-04-01T02:00:37.493Z Men, evil-faced, furtive, glanced at him, standing to watch if the "toff" would turn into some unfrequented narrow street. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z No, no—there's nothing of the toff about me! Mr. Punch's Railway Book 2011-01-23T03:00:16.120Z For what toff would come and live in the Jago except for a consideration of solid gain? A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z By contrast, Diana belonged to a last generation of toffs to regard a college education as strictly optional for girls. Prince William?s Kate Will Be Britain?s First Thoroughly Modern Princess 2010-11-16T17:15:00Z Then, further over, and bang in front of the finishing line, is the Royal Enclosure, the pen of the toffs. Royal Ascot: How to get thrown out of the Royal Enclosure 2010-06-17T20:00:00Z Now, as you know, the nation is in thrall to a new comedy double act No, not the two toffs, but Mike Selvey and Andy Bull on tour in the Caribbean. England v Sri Lanka ? live! 2010-05-13T14:17:00Z "What" said the toff, "do you walk on this?" Toga tactics 2010-05-03T08:23:00Z Unlike British society which took - and takes - for granted a division of class by accent - toff and naff, posh and chav - America believed itself to be building a verbal democracy. The gift of the political gab 2010-04-02T13:02:00Z What have these northern toffs got to do with an independent state in the south Pacific? 2010-01-17T09:38:00Z It's a fine life to be a rich toff, or the imitation of one—which is quite sufficient for the general public. A Poached Peerage Why, what toff would ever think of her? Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune I may not have the polish of some toffs As I could mention on; but up to now No man has took my number down. The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded You’ve got to get that commission and become a toff of an orfficer, and I’ve got to win me stripes; and how’s it all to be done unless we smell powder? A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War The men are what we call 'tough,' which is not exactly what you mean by 'toff.' Ancestors A Novel They are all swells at the Towers; lords and ladies and toffs from London. A Poached Peerage Up I gets and bows polite and pleasant as a toff— "Arternoon," I says, "I'm glad your boots are going stronger; Only thing I'm dreading is your feet 'ull both come off." Collected Poems Volume Two "Yes, but he don't look old, and I know he's a toff, too." Australia Revenged “Is this the way you treat the toffs, when they come to see you?” The Tale of Timber Town “Young toffs,” she decided, and wondered if it were worth while getting up or not. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker "But seeing you eight sizes more of a toff than what you were when I previously 'ad the pleasure, I 'esitated to tip you the 'Ow Do." The Dop Doctor Speaking as a toff," I says, "it isn't comme il faut! Collected Poems Volume Two The letter was from some toff, 'cause it come from Menzie's Hotel. Australia Revenged You’re the greatest toff that has come to see me, so far.” The Tale of Timber Town By a curious coincidence the great news seemed to have reached all, toffs and crooks alike, at exactly the same time. Fantômas Him and you are toffs, and me and Keyse are common folks.... The Dop Doctor "Or ever the blooming war was done, Or I had ceased to roam; I was a slave in Africa, And you were a toff at home." A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition I forgot to say that two fellows looking like toffs have been enquiring for you, and from what I can learn they don't mean you any good. Australia Revenged D’you call to mind that long-legged toff at The Lucky Digger?” The Tale of Timber Town When Mr. Hopkins, the butler, returned a little unsteadily at a quarter to ten to learn that his mistress had engaged a "proper toff" as his footman, he was profoundly moved. Anthony Lyveden This dead toff, with his flash waggon and fine team, and Winchester repeating-rifles, had very little money. The Dop Doctor I thought I’d see Paris, do the thing—like a toff. Anna the Adventuress A swell, Trampy, a toff, a gentleman like those in the front boxes. The Bill-Toppers Between the calico shanties and along the miry, uneven ways, men stand in groups, their conversation all of the luck of “the toffs.” The Tale of Timber Town "He was," explained Tommy, "such a swell of a toff, that one couldn't help potting him." South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Boss, the sick toff is doing a croak. The Dop Doctor I feel like a regular ‘toff,’ don’t you know, but my studs are for the moment lost. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar If anyone went in his grimy, war-worn garments, and many now have nothing else, he was glowered at by these toffs, as if he had no right to be there. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" “But you saw that bit of a scrap in The Lucky Digger, between one of these parties as is murdered and the toff from the Old Country.” The Tale of Timber Town "Brat yourself y' toff," cried Tray, pocketing his money. The Opal Serpent There is a "toff" in it, played by Mr. Kendal, whose name is Prince Karatoff, which reminds us of the Duke of Turniptop. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 I'm not one of those toffs that you think you can impose upon. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07 What then are those toffs in high places of trust, Who live on our golden largess? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893 But I give largess to my vassals—that, I believe, is real, toff, Court dialect. The Tale of Timber Town "I 'ate toffs," he said, deliberately, as he placed his mug on the counter. A Master Of Craft Just as the toff is opposite him, he spins round suddenly, exclaiming, "By Jove!" and falls down like a sack of potatoes all of a heap. Impressions of a War Correspondent The 'toff' that owned the 'wedge' made a dreadful song about it next day, and him wallowing in wealth, what do you think of that? Six Years in the Prisons of England I've seen King Harry's helmet in the Abbey hanging high— The one he wore At Agincourt; But braver to my eye That city toff Too keen to doff His stove-pipe—bless him—why? The Silk-Hat Soldier And Other Poems in War Time Perhaps," said he, "the toff would like a sniff at the same time? News from the Duchy A bloke was a-tellin' me they had a broken-down toff round at The Chequers, and some on 'em says you ain't no more broken down 'n the Lord Mayor. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary A young subaltern with an eye-glass, no end of a toff, walks along the front of the line, and he watches with interested delight microscopic ducklets of his head, synchronising with whistles. Impressions of a War Correspondent Well, you turn to the 'toff' and say to him that you have found a ring which is entirely useless to you, as you never wear these articles, and ask him to purchase it. Six Years in the Prisons of England The real toff knows that Russia is the place to dine. My War Experiences in Two Continents He described my man as a real toff, none of your little yappers. The Shield of Silence He only knew that the saintly man talked like a "toff," and said strange things. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary His eyes and whole attention were on the back of the departing toff. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs A little boy can sneak behind a 'toff' and relieve him of his 'wipe' as easily as possible. Six Years in the Prisons of England You see, me gone, there’s nothing to ’amper ’er—nothing to interfere with ’er settling down as a quiet, respectable toff. The Observations of Henry "Reg'lar toff!" she muttered, gazing at him with frank admiration, quite impersonal. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day After a little the "toff" dropped the accent of the Belgravian and began to speak in low, impassioned tones; he told one little story, and Jim found that he must cry or swear. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary In fact, Jim Silver had been Silver Mug when Albert was still a ragged little urchin asking for cigarette pictures from passing toffs outside Brighton Railway Station. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Did you bring a bottle, any of you shore toffs?... The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle It’s like the toffs as come out our way. The Observations of Henry I reckon 'e forgot or else th' toff there, 'e don't ricollick. The Old Flute-Player A Romance of To-day I say, ye are a toff, an' nae mistake; ye micht pass for a lord,' she said, with a kind of scornful approbation. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow "You look half way between a toff and an artist!" he declared. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton A toff in a black coat and high hat scrambled with agility, came up to the second mate, shook hands, and said:—"Hallo, Herbert." The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle He was a waiter, like myself—not a bad sort of chap, though a bit of a toff in his off-hours. The Observations of Henry The likes of 'im having visitors, and one a toff, too. A Lost Leader "What a toff he is," thought Kitty, full of the pride of her love. Mike Fletcher A Novel He is now regarded as the "toff of the regiment." Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters But if an officer spoke to us kindly or did us some slight service we would call him a "brick," a "toff," or a "sport," and overflow with sentimental devotion. Combed Out I am awfully pleased about that sovereign; it will make me one of the greatest toffs in the school. The Rebel of the School I've been reel cobbers with the British toff While I'm on leaf; for Blighty liked our crowd, An' done us proud. Digger Smith While boys screeched forth, in chorus vile, "I'll lay the toff don't catch 'is tile." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892 Who has a little temper of His own, and sports a winter cough, And thinks himself a mighty toff?— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 9, 1892 The letters, Shovel explained, meant Society for the somethink of Juvenile Criminals, and the toffs what ran it got hold of you when you came out of quod. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood "A toff" was her secret comment upon the engineer; and from her limited experience she had been led to understand that it was not good form among "toffs" to shake hands. A Daughter of the Snows She felt that the meagre abode which she must name home had received the hallmark of a "toff's" approval. Flames Meg had heard the toff talking to the policeman—though I didn't know she was standing so near—and whisked her off and away as quick as lightning.' Aylwin I see straight off—there's a toff… Excuse me, sir. Best Russian Short Stories They were superior toffs, what trusted to your honor. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Your toff likes the turmuts or stubbles when poultry is there to be shot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 Talk like a blooming toff too, you do.' The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta When Meg was obliged to send her into the streets to sell things she was always afraid that the Beauty might come to harm through the toffs and the chaps. Aylwin When you find that your entrance no longer fills a Brown Borough room with sudden silence, you may be glad and know that you have ceased to be a lidy or a toff. This Is the End And we both know how to put on the toff a bit. The War in the Air Sometimes you couldn't understand toffs when they made a shy at being friendly, but you could understand him, and he stirred up your spirits. The Lost Prince Is one of you the toff that wants to marry her? A Chair on the Boulevard By now the mews had wakened to the fact of the presence of a "toff" in its midst. The Black Bag "It's runnin' away!" or "The toff's mad or drunk!" shouted others. The Rising of the Court It gives me the fair 'ump, it does, these toffs coming in and taking the bread out of our mouths. The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion Mrs. Archdale druv me over to see them, an' Sarah gave us all afternoon tea—she an' Bill are real toffs in their little new cottage there. Back to Billabong A regular toff—he was—free with his rhino as could be, and dressed up to the nines. My Strangest Case There's another gent just come up in a taxi, sir—proper toff too from 'is looks. A Rogue by Compulsion There's hundreds of toffs in England and Injia'd give their ears for a day after these, you know. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life She's never 'ad no chance to associate with a real toff. The Rose in the Ring He looked at the Rolls-Royce, with the two motionless servants on the box, at Francis standing by, at Sir Timothy, even to his thick understanding the very prototype of a "toff." The Evil Shepherd It was a rare toff who put us on to it. My Strangest Case "Who's the toff who just left your lot?" he said, when Bates arrived. Number Seventeen Word was passed down that it was a "toff darncin' with Nugget's donah," and from various parts of the room black-coated duplicates of Nugget hurried swiftly to the scene. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life “Oh,” said his mate, “any one could see 'e was a toff—I seed him black 'is boots and brush his teeth.” Spinifex and Sand "And 'ere's just a flick for the toff to be going on with!" The Evil Shepherd Nice sort of toff 'e was, forgot all about the boots, and me a-doin' 'is browns as slap-up as if 'e was a-goin' out to dinner with the Queen. My Strangest Case Don't run the bluff that you are on, Or proudly scoff at every toff Who rattles off a rag-time con. The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum "Often heard toffs decorated their tables with rags in hobble rings, but never believed it before." We of the Never-Never Others were talking: 'Where are the Parisian fasteners?' asked a toff. Under Fire: the story of a squad For what girls in my position generally call a 'toff.' The Fortunate Youth "Don't come the toff with me," interrupted the woman. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Playing cards, hobnobbing with flash toffs with a swank glass in their eye, adrinking fizz and he half smothered in writs and garnishee orders. Ulysses The 'Queen,' sent 'er to fetch the toff to see 'er cut 'er lucky. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab I'm trying hard to smoke cigarettes like one of your English toffs.' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life He was dressed like a toff, and he had a black beard, cut square at the end, and a pale face. The Hound of the Baskervilles Fine old chap he is, too—regular old toff, old Conservative! Dubliners The policeman passed a second time; his gaze seemed to say, "Now, what's a toff doing on that seat with those two rotters?" The Island Pharisees The toff who had bought him a drink after the fight and patted him on the shoulder had used those words. When God Laughs: and other stories "When you go on your trip for action in the Bois among the toffs, will you take me with you?" Caught in the Net Gentlemen—"real toffs," they call 'em—whom you don't know from Adam—think nothing of speaking to you in the street. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques This looked like a row between toffs, and of all things which most intrigued him a row between toffs ranked highest. A Damsel in Distress Half a score of ambitious politicians, gouty old financiers, bald-headed old toffs, with their waxed moustaches and false teeth. All Roads Lead to Calvary There was a party of toffs there all together. Novel Notes When I’m an ’Arry, I ’ates myself ’cos I knows I’m a toff.’ Novel Notes
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