单词 | toffee-nosed |
释义 | toffee-nosedadjective If you say that someone is toffee-nosed, you disapprove of them because they have a high opinion of themselves and a low opinion of otherpeople. [British, informal, disapproval]toffee-nosed in British Englishadjective slang, mainly British pretentious or supercilious; used esp of snobbish people Word origin C20: perhaps coined as a pun on toffy stylish, grand: see toffExamples of 'toffee-nosed' in a sentence |
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