toffyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

toffy (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 toffies)

1. Alternative spelling of toffee

語源 2

toff +‎ -y

形容詞

toffy (comparative toffier, superlative toffiest)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) Posh, upper-class; snooty.
   • 2007, Craig Sherborne, Muck, Victoria University Press (2007), →ISBN, page 16:

     As for that accent of his, his speaking in a toffy English way, it's got toffier since we've known him.

   • 2008, "The king of Corfu", The Economist, 23 October 2008:

     Rather it lurks in the now-republished photos of Mr Osborne in the Fauntleroy outfit of the Bullingdon club, a toffy Oxford society of which he was a member at the same time as Mr Rothschild (かつ of which David Cameron, the Tory leader, is also an alumnus).

   • 2012, Paddy O'Reilly, The Fine Color of Rust, Washington Square Press (2012), →ISBN, page 44:

     She heaves an exasperated sigh that would do a shop assistant in a toffy dress emporium proud.

参考

• toffee-nosed