ralphie
See also: Ralphie
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ralph Gardeners High School in North Shields, which had a past reputation as a bad school, + -ie.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editralphie (plural ralphies)
- (Geordie, derogatory) A scruffy school child.
Derived terms
edit- rarf (Hartlepool)
References
edit- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN