toffee (toffees plural )
1 n-uncount Toffee is a sticky sweet that you chew. It is made by boiling sugar and butter together with water.
(BRIT)
in AM, use taffy
2 n-count A toffee is an individual piece of toffee.
toffee-nosed
If you say that someone is toffee-nosed, you disapprove of them because they have a high opinion of themselves and a low opinion of other people.
(BRIT)
INFORMAL adj
(disapproval)
(=stuck-up)