lf

B-lf-r can't very well send him to a plank bed, and will have to make the best of him.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 24, 1887|Various
I don't altogether like this solicitude on the part of B-lf-r for making smooth water in the House next Session.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 24, 1887|Various
And I have been-n-n-n in the water ha-a-a-lf a day, Captain!
Buckskin Mose|Buckskin Mose
It's wonderful what a lot one can take out of B-lf-r that way.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887|Various

Arth-r B-lf-r (driver, to officious friend, Joe Ch-mb-rl-n).
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lf

/ radio /

abbreviation for

low frequency

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