arf

[ ahrf ]

/ ɑrf /

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(used to imitate the bark of a dog).

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

There seems nothink old left in creation, save four-arf, and Dannel's old Dutch.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, May 18th, 1895|Various
Toomey, 'e died in 'orspital, next week it was, 'cause I bought 'arf his kit; an' I remember after that——'
Soldier Stories|Rudyard Kipling
He had breakfasted—yes—off of corfy, and paid for it, and buttered 'arf slices and no stintin', for twopence.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan
Bile 'em till they're green, and add 'arf a glorss of unsweetened, tho it's a pity to wyste it.
Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894|Various

Those bloomin' 'Eadquarter blokes doesn't know what they're doin' 'arf the time.
Into the Jaws of Death|Jack O'Brien