Alf
noun
a first name, form of Alfred.
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Alf
American
[alf, ahlf]
/ ælf, ɑlf /
noun
ALF
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British
abbreviation
alf
2
British
/ ælf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of alf
from shortening of the name Alfred
Example Sentences
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Tuchel is bidding to become the first England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to win the World Cup and end a 60-year wait.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Alf LaMont worked for Swalwell’s team as a digital communications expert until his firm quit on April 10 following news reports about the allegations against the East Bay Democratic congressman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Gola was founded in 1905 and rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s with its football boots and other products worn by Liverpool stars and World Cup-winning England manager Alf Ramsey.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
John Thomson captured Victorian street characters, such as 'Hookey Alf of Whitechapel' and the 'Mush-Fakers' of Clapham, as well as his travels to Asia.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Alf was a jack-of-all-trades, carpenter, tinsmith, blacksmith, electrician, plasterer, scissors grinder, and cobbler.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The study was financed by grants from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, Region Stockholm, the ALF scheme and the Swedish Research Council.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Rather than continue to making excuses, we hope more nursing home and ALF operators show they’re making preparations.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
Whether or not Mija and the ALF succeed in their mission to bug the Mirando labs and rescue Okja, the problems they’re struggling to address—income inequality, environmental pillage, and corporate malfeasance—will outlast their individual story.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2017
Other films have, somewhat annoyingly, portrayed the ALF as entirely saintly and awesome.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2017
ALF covered with last year's leaves, She peeped from her russet bed;
From Landscape and Song by E. (Edith) Nesbit
"We all have to answer it some time." alf way out of town Jim Drake drew the coupe skillfully to the curb and turned off the motor.
From Queen of the Flaming Diamond by Leroy Yerxa
Not lookin her sauciest just now, I grant you: shrouds tore to tatters, mizzen spliced, bowsprit splintered, plugged fore and aft, and alf her weather bulwark carried away.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
Yes, that was Nelson all through: one alf woman, t'other alf hero.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
Her father.... alf an hour later he roused her as gently as he could.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Harry Bates
Ooray! ray! ray!—We're alf our ship's company short.
From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant
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