Thursday 26 July 2012

toffee-nosed


adjective 

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word/ˈtɒf.i.nəʊzd//ˈtɑː.fi.noʊzd/ UK informal disapproving

Definition

People who are toffee-nosed consider themselves to be better than other people, especially than people of a lower social class
He's a toffee-nosed git - take no notice of him!
(Definition of toffee-nosed adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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