Green’s Dictionary of Slang

toffed-up adj.

[toff n. (2)]

dressed up, esp. showily.

[UK]Manchester Courier 24 Dec. 12/6: That cove’s here again. I saw him at the ‘Mendacity’ yesterday, ‘toffed’ up.
[UK] ‘’Arry on St. Swithin’ in Punch 4 Aug. 49/1: Yours truly was toffed up superb, / In a thick hoatmeal suit of splashed dittos.
[UK]Bristol Mercury 2 Nov. 6/2: He comes in toffed up ready for the day with a big cigar on.
[Aus]Dubbo Dispatch (NSW) 17 Nov. 8/2: Loo was regularly toffed up an’ looked better than I thought it possible.
[UK]J.B. Priestley Good Companions 10: ’E doesn’t like to see these lads all toffed up.
[UK]E. Raymond Marsh 88: You can’t get past the beak by toffin’ up, yer know.
[UK]H.E. Bates My Uncle Silas 124: My Uncle Silas looked at the flowers in his buttonhole. ‘Toffed up a bit?’ he said.
[Scot]Aberdeen Jrnl 28 July 2/5: The older ones [i.e. girls] frantically ‘toffed up’ in best frocks and shoes.
[UK]Indep. Mag. 9 Oct. 6: You do see other glamorous Witnesses, and when you go to the big Witness assemblies they’re all toffed up.