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  1. varakas mies, rikas mies, vauras mies, porho, pohatta, kiho, iso kiho, isokenkäinen.

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porho puhekieltä An elegantly dressed person.

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puhekieltä A person of the upper class, or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.
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1972, New Scientist, Vol. 55, No. 812, "http://books.google.ru/books?id=PeevUWiuEwkC&lpg=PA512&dq=%22the%20toffs%22&pg=PA512v=onepage&q&f=false A groundling's notebook" by Donald Gould
I came home first class — up the front end with the toffs — semi-anaesthetised throughout the trip by caviar and free champagne — and to hell with frugality and the conservation of resources.
1998, The Billboard, April 11th issue, http://books.google.ru/books?id=rg4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA34&dq=toff%20gentleman&pg=PA34v=onepage&q&f=false page 34, Paul McCartney's remark on the right margin:
George Martin always seemed to me to be a "toff" and a gentleman even though his roots, like many of us, were in the common people. George has a touch of class that is quite impressive.
2012, How the Dice Fell, by John Roberts, page 186
I like to see the toffs being toffs. The women all glam up|glammed up, the blokes in their tails and top hat|top 'ats, all braying and flinging their money around. Confirms all my prejudices. Just a reminder of who my enemies are.

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