toffee-nosed
adjective /ˈtɒf.i.nəʊzd/
/ˈtɑː.fi.noʊzd/ UK informal disapprovingDefinition
› 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!Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
(Definition of toffee-nosed adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- egotistic adjective
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