Alf
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //ælf//
A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages.
proper noun
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A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages.
noun
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slangAn uncultured Australian.
Martin Sharp once described Sydney's western suburbs to me hazily as 'where the Alfs live'.
Oz savaged suburbia as a wasteland of consumerism and conformity, peopled with 'Alfs' […]
Coote ended his piece with the claim that “[t]he Australian Alfs are beyond redemption”, and as such only small groups of militant aligned students and workers posed a real challenge to the system.
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- Alfs
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Alf · A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages.
Alfie · A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from…Alfonso · A male given name from the Germanic languages.Alfred · Alfred the Great, early king of England.