hoity-toity
Example Sentences
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They don’t appreciate the hoity-toity who look down on everyone else.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
“That’s how I went up to my hoity-toity apartment before closing.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021
I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of the hoity-toity fine dining stuff.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2020
It’s more about the hoity-toity than the hoi polloi in “Belgravia,” a new drama set in 19th century London and created by “Downton Abbey’s” Julian Fellowes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2020
And, “Always crowing about their kid with the straight A’s at that hoity-toity school. Well, they’re not crowing now.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
