Newf

¹ American  

[noof, nyoof] / nuf, nyuf /

noun

Chiefly Canadian Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

1. Newfie.

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Newf. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Newfoundland.

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Etymology

Origin of Newf

By shortening

Example Sentences

Newf. to Ga., west to Minn., E. Neb., and Tex.—Fruit very austere and astringent.

From Project Gutenberg

E. rèpens, L.—Sandy woods, or in rocky soil, especially in the shade of pines, Newf. to Minn., south to Fla., and Ky.—Flowers appearing in early spring, exhaling a rich spicy fragrance, dimorphous as to style and stamens and subdiœcious.

From Project Gutenberg

Newf. to Mich., south to N. Ga.; common.

From Project Gutenberg

Branchlets 2-edged; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, oblong, white-glaucous beneath, with revolute margins; corymbs terminal, few-flowered, smooth; bracts large; flowers ½´ broad, lilac-purple; pod ovoid, smooth.—Cold peat-bogs and mountains, Newf. to Penn., Minn., and northward.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems branched above, the branches or peduncles mostly opposite, 1–3-flowered; lobes of the corolla oblong, acutish, rather longer than the calyx, or sometimes twice as long; anthers roundish; ovary 4-angled, the cell somewhat cruciform.—Open woods, Newf. to Wisc., south to Va. and La. Aug.—Scales and branches occasionally alternate.

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