Meaning of toffee-nosed | Babel Free

Definitions

Snobbish, condescending or aloof.

Ireland, UK

Examples

“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 like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git.”

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