Alf
a male given name, form of Alfred.
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How to use Alf in a sentence
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.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneThese strange things that Alf has been trying to teach me during the long nights I have learned—I understand.
The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
I don't mind telling you straight, Alf, I'm thinking of doing the gal a first-class honour.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamI suppose that really this was all that was demanded of Alf and Frank—a trifling, unexpected superfluity once in a while.
In Accordance with the Evidence | Oliver OnionsAlf got away a week or so later, and we all took a holiday and went down to Fremantle to see him off.
Over the Sliprails | Henry Lawson
British Dictionary definitions for alf (1 of 2)
/ (ælf) /
Australian derogatory an uncultivated Australian
Origin of alf
1British Dictionary definitions for ALF (2 of 2)
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