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toff
toff (sl.) stylish or smart person. XIX. The occas. var. toft may point to an alt. of TUFT as applied to noblemen and gentlemen-commoners at the university of Oxford.
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T. F. HOAD. "toff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "toff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-toff.html T. F. HOAD. "toff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-toff.html |
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toff
•boff, cough, doff, far-off, off, quaff, roll-on roll-off, scoff, telling-off, toff, trough
•lay-off, payoff, playoff
•show-off • Khrushchev • Gorbachev
•stand-off • Meyerhof • Cracow
•Schwarzkopf • Chekhov • Cherenkov
•take-off • kick-off • Kalashnikov
•Baryshnikov • Rimsky-Korsakov
•Kirchhoff • Karloff • Wolof • spin-off
•Rachmaninov • Ustinov • Godunov
•Stroganoff • Romanov • rip-off
•eavestrough • Sakharov • cut-off
•Molotov
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"toff." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "toff." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-toff.html "toff." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-toff.html |
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