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The Worm and the
Toffee-
nosed Princess: And Other Stories of ...
Five monster stories from a talented, Smarties award-winning author, illustrated by picture book artist, Russell Ayto.
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
M. KENNEDY Those dreary girls you get in every Drama School who can't act for
toffee (1951). toffee-nosed adjective mainly Brit Snobbish, pretentious. 1925–.
T. E. LAWRENCE A premature 'life' will do more to disgust the select and superior
...
John Ayto, John Simpson,
2010
Ltoffee Kapple noun [C] an apple covered with a sticky layer of toffee and held on
a stick toffee-nosed /"tQf.i.n@Uzd/ /"tA;.fi.noUzd/ adjective uk informal
disapproving People who are toffee-nosed consider themselves to be better than
other ...
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Amateurism in British Sport: It Matters Not Who Won Or Lost?
Many of his opponents are excellent athletes but snooty Á 'toffee-nosed types' as
Alf describes them. There is a fair representation of British snobs in the stories Á
characters such as the Hon. Piers Mornington, a Cambridge sprinter known as ...
Dilwyn Porter, Senior Research Fellow Department of Historical and International Studies Dilwyn Porter, Stephen Wagg,
2013
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Family and Kinship in East London
She's one of those people, you know what I mean, she's very toffee-nosed. There
are some people down here who get like that.' What about the informants
themselves? Did they too think themselves superior? Just as people were less ...
Michael Young, Peter Wilmott,
2013
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Stories from Here & There
We've all heard of the many different ways how the word “cow” can be used:
Toffee—nosed cow, “Suck up to” or “Kiss up to.”A toffee—nosed person is
someone who feels superior to others, a “Snob.”“Holy cow, Holy crap, Holy
guacamole.
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Does Your Mother Know?: A Christine Morris Mystery
Who needs you, you toffee-nosed little shit? Just fuck off. I'm your mother for
Jesus' sake. I'm your fucking moth- er, and you just don't give a toss, do you?” I'd
heard these words many times before so the term “toffee- nosed” wasn't new to
me.
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A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum
Not like that other jumped-up toffee-nosed warehouse lad they send from
Holder's!' 'True,' my mother agreed. 'But he often comes half kettled, all the same.
What brought him our road on, I wonder?' Mr May, the 'toffee-nosed' one, who
called ...
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Handy Book of Weird Words
toffee-nosed adj: snobbish; pretentious; upper-class 'Henley's the place for toffee-
nosed geezers with la-di-da voices', he said. 'Yerss', drawled his Lordship, a
regatta committee man. iridescent adj: displaying colours like those of the
rainbow ...
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Pride: A Dictionary for the Vain
thrasonical thrasonical (thray-SON-ih-kuhl) adjective: Boastful; bragging;
vainglorious. This word stems from a braggart of a character named Thraso in
Terence's Eunuchus. toffee-nosed (TAW-fee-nohzd) adjective:A British term for
someone ...
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Kelly Kingham: From lorry-yard to arts festival
He replied 'Just give us your wallet you toffee-nosed twit!' Kelly Kingham: Inside Out is at Just The Tonic, The Spare Room, August 7 – 29 (not 11th, 18th, 25th) ... «WOW24/7, 7月 15»
Caeser came, he saw... he took Umbrage says CRAIG BROWN
I suppose you think we've got nothing better to do than smile at toffee-nosed visitors? Political correctness gone mad!' Umbrage's Lady Mayoress, Sue Bickering, ... «Daily Mail, 7月 15»
just barmy for our Fanatics to cop a serve
And so, on Saturday at that most toffee-nosed of sporting institutions, Wimbledon, Aussie supporters group the Fanatics were, ridiculously, told to stop cheering. «Courier Mail, 7月 15»
Tunbridge Wells becomes laughing stock on Have I Got News For You
The story was picked up with relish by the national newspapers, with those objecting to the budget store slated for being toffee-nosed snobs. There were scores ... «Kent and Sussex Courier, 5月 15»
Boxing Day hunt draws crowds to Chipping Norton and the …
Toffee-nosed pillocks. Toffee-nosed pillocks. tinsel84. Toffee-nosed pillocks. Score: 0. Report this post. flopper says... 10:36pm Sat 27 Dec 14. People take their ... «Witney Gazette, 12月 14»
The backlash against Lidl begins in Berkhamsted – but is it down to …
... would be opening a Simply Food store in the town. He described people opposing the Lidl as 'snobs'. He said: “They are a lot of stuck-up, toffee-nosed twits.” ... «Hemel Gazette, 4月 14»
John Prescott on fox hunting: Kill off this plan - not the foxes
The only reason for amending the fox hunting ban is to give pleasure to a bunch of ruddy-faced toffee-nosed twits. The Tories never change. They like pain and ... «Mirror.co.uk, 3月 14»
WMN Letters: New homes are a blot on the landscape
Mr Bray states that none are likely to be built in toffee-nosed Looe so obviously he is not aware that there is a proposal to build another 225 new homes in East ... «Western Morning News, 1月 14»
Fawlty Towers: 20 of Basil's best rants
“You snobs! You stupid, stuck-up, toffee-nosed, half-witted upper-class piles of pus!” 6. "I was just doing it, you stupid woman. I just put it down, to come here and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, 1月 14»
In a word: supercilious
SUPERCILIOUS. The handy British expression toffee-nosed, for "pretentiously superior" or "snobbish," is evocative but informal. For starchy occasions you may ... «Baltimore Sun, 1月 13»