"Hoity-toity" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... forwarded (post-paid) to Hon'ble AUSTIN'S official address at Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey (opposite the Royal Aquarium), but—hoity-toity and mirabile dictu!—no answer has yet been vouchsafed to yours truly save the cold shoulder ...
— Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. • F. Anstey
... name for coarseness; but Lady Dunborough's tongue was known in town. 'Ay, that smartens you, does it? 'she continued with cruel delight; for the girl had winced as from a blow. 'But here comes the landlord, and now out you go. Ay, into the streets, mistress! Hoity-toity, that dirt like you should sit at tables! ...
— The Castle Inn • Stanley John Weyman
... "Hoity-toity!" Lady Amesbury exclaimed. "That's the real divorce-court tone. There was a young man—-I don't know how many years ago—who used to talk like that to me at the time Amesbury was Ambassador at Madrid and took up with that Lola de Mendoza ...
— The Profiteers • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... GORG. (Alone). Hoity-toity! Methinks they go away dissatisfied. What can be the meaning of this? I must find it out. ...
— The Pretentious Young Ladies • Moliere
... Hoity-toity! my dear Henry!—What is all this? How can you startle the "Constant Reader," of this cold world, by these ...
— The Gentle Art of Making Enemies • James McNeill Whistler |
