arf

[ ahrf ]

/ ɑrf /

(used to imitate the bark of a dog).

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Question 1 of 7

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"Arf a second, watchman," ses the policeman, as I started to shut the wicket agin.
Dirty Work|W.W. Jacobs
The army blokes'll be at Berlin in a month or six weeks, an' we'll 'ave done our job in 'arf th' time.
Pincher Martin, O.D.|H. Taprell Dorling
"I wouldn't cry for no brother that lef me to starve when he was rollin' in two and a 'arf million dollars," she said sceptically.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes|Israel Zangwill
The young soldier gave him a quaint look, as much as to say: "Not 'arf bad!"
Saint's Progress|John Galsworthy

It 'tain't 'arf fine ter be a General, cos 'e can call a bloke 'Pooden Fice,' an' 'ave 'im shot if 'e sorces 'im back.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914|Various