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▪ I. ref, n.1|rɛf|
Colloq. abbrev. of referee n. 3 b.
1899R. H. Barbour Halfback xxii. 233 De Farge (the referee) is awfully down on holding and off-side plays. Last year he penalized us eight times during the game. But he's all right... He's the finest little ref that ever tossed a coin. 1939War Illustr. 9 Dec. 394/3 Prisoners taken from U-boats and merchant ships are spending a happy hour kicking the ball about... An armed guard stands by, but not to protect the ‘ref’. 1941London Opinion Sept. 45/2 The referee goes to examine the eye while the crowd roars. Can he go in? The ref. moves away. He can. He does. 1957I. Cross God Boy (1958) 108 You're a pretty good ref, Sister. 1962Observer 9 Sept. 16/2 A mob stormed outside the club offices shouting: ‘We want the ref.’ 1966F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 51 Buy a bewk, ref! The referee appears to have forgotten the rules of the game. 1972A. Draper Death Penalty iii. 18 He detested referees who were continually blowing their whistles... A ref could make or mar a game. 1976Listener 29 Jan. 117/1 Adam is able to make good jokes about Cambridge..and there is no ref to blow the whistle on him.
▪ II. ref, n.2|rɛf|
Colloq. abbrev. of reference n.a. In sense 3.
1926F. M. Ford Let. 9 Mar. (1965) 168 Yours of the 23d ult. Ref German Translation of No More Parades. 1967Wodehouse Company for Henry ix. 149 ‘I want his advice.’ ‘With ref. to what?’ ‘Oh, something that's coming up’. 1971― Much Obliged, Jeeves xi. 108 It's with ref to that book you pinched from the Junior Ganymede.
b. In sense 6 b.
1901[see bovrilize v.]. 1907Westbrook & Wodehouse Not George Washington xvii. 183 Your refs. must be A1, or you don't stand an earthly. 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. I. iv. 161 Such questions seemed to me already of far more importance than satisfying J.K. or securing a satisfactory ‘ref.’ when my apprenticeship was up. 1974P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xii. 102 Refs (references).
▪ III. ref, v.|rɛf|
trans. and intr. Colloq. abbrev. of referee v.
1929R. C. Sherriff Journey's End ii. i. 50 Raleigh. Did you play Rugger? Osborne. Yes. But mostly reffing at school in the last few years. 1964J. Hale Grudge Fight viii. 125 A scrum developed while Windy who was supposed to be reffing blew his whistle and went red in the face and didn't dare come too close. 1968Punch 2 Oct. 457/3 Who says the game was badly reffed? The sending-off of Nobby Stiles, For nothing, was supremely deft. 1975Times 4 Jan. 12/3 Muhammad Ali..was fighting Mildenberger and Teddy Waltham was reffing. 1977Gay News 24 Mar. 2/2 Norman has recently been booked to ref games in California.
▪ IV. ref
obs. Sc. variant of reif, plunder(ing). |