■ noun Brit. informal, derogatory a rich or upper-class person.
Origin
C19: perh. an alt. of tuft , used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge.
■ noun Brit. informal, derogatory a rich or upper-class person.
Origin
C19: perh. an alt. of tuft , used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004