Erf
1 Britishacronym
noun
Etymology
Origin of erf
Afrikaans
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Erf, erf, n. a garden-plot in South Africa.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Used also as a comprehensive sign for all or any of the extant Anglo-Saxon glosses or glossaries: Cp, Ep, Erf, GPH, HGl, KGl, Ln, OEG, WW etc.
From A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by Hall, J. R. Clark (John R. Clark)
If these aren't effective or practical, then you might have to find the most compassionate and respectful way to ask him to grow the erf up.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2021
They have a total daily circulation erf 3,350,411, and a Sunday circulation of 4,084,394.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She was the largest war galley in the royal fleet, four hundred oars, the only warship the boy king owned capable erf overmatching Fury.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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"So this is why Robb Stark sends you back to me, after so long? So you might win my consent to this plan erf his?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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They found some sails, some nails, buckets erf tar gone hard, and a mother cat with a litter of new-born kittens.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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