toffee-nosed

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

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British usage

"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."

Probably from toff or from toffee-nose + -ed.

more toffee-nosed (comparative) most toffee-nosed (superlative)

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