Alf

[ alf; Norwegian ahlf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

ALF

alf

/ ælf /

Origin of Alf¹

from shortening of the name Alfred

Alf Adams did not want to talk rats but he did want to show me his bottle collection preserved in a dusty shed.

“The Nationals are showing the world that we are on the map,” stickmaker Alf Jacques told Sports Illustrated in 2010.

The animated hit has had five song-filled episodes, largely featuring original compositions by esteemed TV composer Alf Clausen.

Great was the surprise of Alf at the honour and labour thus thrust upon him, but he did not shrink from it.

These strange things that Alf has been trying to teach me during the long nights I have learned—I understand.

I don't mind telling you straight, Alf, I'm thinking of doing the gal a first-class honour.

I suppose that really this was all that was demanded of Alf and Frank—a trifling, unexpected superfluity once in a while.

Alf got away a week or so later, and we all took a holiday and went down to Fremantle to see him off.

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