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[tɒf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a rich or upper-class person
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Origin
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mid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of tuft, used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge
[tɒf], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be smartly dressed
(e.g: he was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth)
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Origin
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mid 19th century: perhaps an alteration of tuft, used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge
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