Meaning of Bufton Tufton | Babel Free

Definitions

A reactionary old conservative.

UK

Examples

“A new generation is battling through, but there are still too many Sir Bufton Tuftons at the core of the Party organisation.”

“Many people see⟳ it is as the sole preserve⟳ of the Bufton Tuftons who sit⟳ in their gentleman's clubs complaining about the ills of the modern world while chomping away on a pheasant, mallard duck or partridge.”

“An old school friend of mine, certainly not a Bufton Tufton, who was visiting London from his home in Italy, was mystified to see⟳ commuters standing on the railway station in just T-shirts or cardigans in the middle of a harsh winter.”

“He just replaced the Bufton Tuftons with a bunch of people whose only qualification is a hatred of meat and a chip on the shoulder.”

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