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toffee-nosed

toffee-nosed adjective: snobbish, condescending or aloof.

Adjective

toffee-nosed (comparative more toffee-nosed, superlative most toffee-nosed)

  1. (Ireland, UK) Snobbish, condescending or aloof.
    • Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer.
      Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this...2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43-17:05

Forms of toffee-nosed

comparativemore toffee-nosed
superlativemost toffee-nosed

Origin of toffee-nosed

Probably from toff or from toffee-nose + -ed.

Questions about toffee-nosed

What does toffee-nosed mean?
Toffee-nosed means snobbish, condescending or aloof.
What part of speech is toffee-nosed?
Toffee-nosed is an adjective.

Words near toffee-nosed in the dictionary

  1. toffee-brown
  2. toffee-browns
  3. toffee-colored
  4. toffee-coloured
  5. toffee-nose
  6. toffee-nosed
  7. toffee-noses
  8. toffeed
  9. toffeeing
  10. toffeeish
  11. toffeelike

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