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toff
CIDE DICTIONARY
toff, n. [Etym. uncertain.].
A fop; a beau; a swell. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
toff, n. & v. Brit. sl.
--n. a distinguished or well-dressed person; a dandy.
--v.tr. (foll. by up) dress up smartly.
--n. a distinguished or well-dressed person; a dandy.
--v.tr. (foll. by up) dress up smartly.
Etymology
perh. a perversion of tuft = titled undergraduate (from the gold tassel formerly worn on the cap)
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