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toffee-nosed

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toffee-nosed  (British & Australian informal)
toffee-nosed people think that they are better than other people, especially people of a lower social class She's much nicer than that toffee-nosed sister of hers.


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He has always been a menace and this new toffee-nosed kid will not wash with the readers.
The Duchess, 49, said: "The hoodies I spoke to thought I was a toffee-nosed git and were effing and blinding.
The hoodies I spoke to thought I was a toffee-nosed git and were effing and blinding.
 
 
 
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