'arf

English

Etymology

A representation of the pronunciation of half by a speaker whose dialect is non-rhotic and also lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition (IPA: [h]).

Noun

'arf

1. (UK) Eye dialect spelling of half.
   • 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, Round the Red Lamp:

     'Arf the night through he's at that game, the silly old juggins.

   • 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes:

     Hasn't ye 'eard that devil's spawn of a capting an' is mates knockin' the bloomin' lights outen 'arf the crew?

Anagrams

• far
• RAF