And the idea that describing someone as a "toff" is enough to dismiss their views is pretty silly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

He's what the Brits call a "toff" -- a product of the upper class.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2008] Reference

He replied "Calling Beckham a toff is a bit harsh.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

I wonder if this so-called toff is poorer than Blair who (of course) still has a 1930's marxist, left-wing socialist personna.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

The 'toff' charge was not the main one and it's misleading to say so.    From Wordnik.com.  [TV Review: Tory Toff by Peter Hitchens] Reference

It looks as if the bizarre outdated "toff" campaign came from London.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

Also Forest Whittaker's character in The Crying Game was from Jamaica and he wasn't a "toff".    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Globes!] Reference

The format of an election campaign will suit Cameron's style because the "toff" has form in winning personal mandates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Would Brown perform during an election campaign?] Reference

It means we can debate political issues, rather than something crass like an arguement about who is he biggest 'toff'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Speech from Cameron today.] Reference

She argues that being a "toff" a perjorative term of course does not exclude you from being the right person to carry out a job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joan Bakewell fans the politics of envy flames] Reference

"Norrey!" he hissed, and she started back, eyes going wide, at the sight of a strange man dressed like a "toff" who knew her name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Serpent's Shadow]

There is a "toff" in it, played by Mr. KENDAL, whose name is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893] Reference

I also resent the "toff" image that is being attributed to DC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference

Labour "toff" tactics backfired in the 2008 Crewe and Nantwich byelection.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

He only knew that the saintly man talked like a "toff," and said strange things.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary] Reference

By now the mews had wakened to the fact of the presence of a "toff" in its midst.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Bag] Reference

De Rossa corruptDe Rossa's a complete mercenary and likes to see himself as a 'toff'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference

(Tory 'toff', knight of the shires, demands a doubling of MPs 'pay - and free moats).    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

Brown likes to call him a "toff," a derogatory term from a member of the upper class.    From Wordnik.com.  [Free Internet Press] Reference

He has absolutely nothing in the "toff" stakes compared to the offspring of William Rees-Mogg, both of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obsolete] Reference

Mandelson has misjudged matters by insisting that a "toff" like Tristram should be a standard bearer for his faction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guy Fawkes' blog] Reference

He couldn't be trying to push a subtle "Tory toff" line?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

For instance, if you're a few miles short and need to toff up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2008] Reference

“He be a toff, Wu Kwok, like I sayed,” Scragger explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tai-Pan]

He described my man as a real toff, none of your little yappers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shield of Silence] Reference

A swell, Trampy, a toff, a gentleman like those in the front boxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

But will it work, given the failures of the "Tory toff" attacks last year?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

As a fack the knife's 'andiest, fur, and there's many a haitch-screwing toff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891] Reference

He may well be another toff but another Wellington he certainly ain't, Fraser.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

And next, Boris is the wrong sort of ambassador, that he will across as a toff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

I feel like a regular 'toff,' don't you know, but my studs are for the moment lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference

How would an upper class public school toff know anything about how real people live?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

"He was," explained Tommy, "such a swell of a toff, that one couldn't help potting him.".    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

I want Cameron to show that he can be a real conservative otherwise he really is just a Tory toff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

I thought he was just a Tory toff, but now I've realised he's also got dreamy eyes and snake hips.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Crace's digested Lib Dem conference] Reference