Definition of "toff"
toff
noun
plural toffs
(obsolete) An elegantly dressed person.
Quotations
The cabman scratched his head. "Well, he wasn't altogether such an easy gentleman to describe. I'd put him at forty years of age, and he was of a middle height, two or three inches shorter than you, sir. He was dressed like a toff, and he had a black beard, cut square at the end, and a pale face. I don't know as I could say more than that."
1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 5, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902
(Britain, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.
Quotations
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.
2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43-17:05