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(UK, slang, archaic) A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady..
The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter
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Tuft hunter means (UK, slang, archaic) A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady..
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The earl seeing the ecclesiastic abase himself before mere rank , clearly took him for a toady and a tufthunter
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