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Hoity-toitier than even the Union, Century, or Metropole Clubs, its membership had been restricted to the thirty noblest butlers of them all, who pooled their considerable resources and leased a haughty brownstone in the Sixties, just off Fifth Avenue, for their clubrooms.
The Body Ricardo 2010
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Back to Bruce for his riposte to Baroness Hoity-Toity:
TLC Denies Us The Jon & Kate Plus 8 Bitchfight From Hell 2010
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She specialized in warbling comic ditties in variety shows, productions with dignified titles such as "Hoity Toity."
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'Hoity, toity!' cried one of the women, as she moved off, 'why, Miss, do you walk upon your knees?'
Camilla 2008
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‘Hoity – toity!’ exclaimed Mrs Pipchin, shaking out her black bombazeen skirts, and plucking up all the ogress within her.
Dombey and Son 2007
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‘Hoity toity!’ says Mrs Pipchin, rubbing her nose.
Dombey and Son 2007
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Hey Hoity-Hermaphrodite…None of us hate “The Jews†Jewish people.
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You often heard her, if you called, yodelling among the hollyhocks “Hoity te doity te ray do ...”
Between the Acts 2004
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‘Hoity toity,’ said Uncle Bat, ‘she’s going to make herself very grand today.
The Three Clerks 2004
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(“Hoity toity!” said Mrs. Monday under her breath.)
Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004
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