roufadj.n.

Brit.

/rɔːf/, U.S.

/rɔf/, Australian English

/rɔːf/

Forms: 1800s roaf, 1800s– rouf, 1900s– rofe, 1900s– roof.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: four adj. and n.

Etymology: Back-slang for four adj. and n. Compare neves adj. and neves n.

Now rare.

†A. adj. British slang (originally and chiefly London) and Australian slang.

Four (in number). Obsolete.

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1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 17/2 ‘I'll try you a “gen”’ (shilling), said a coster; ‘And a “rouf yenap”’ (fourpence), added the other.

1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 11/2 Roaf Yanneps, four pence.

B. n. British slang (originally and chiefly London).

1. Criminals' slang. A four-year prison sentence.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun]

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1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 212 All [prison] sentences are referred to in slang... 4 years, a ‘lagging’ or a ‘rofe’ (pron. ‘roaf’).

1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 138 I tried to tell them that it had been a business deal, but you know what it's like talking to a moronic coszer, so that was it I got a rouf.

2. Originally: (the sum of) four shillings (disused after the introduction of decimal coinage to Britain in 1971). Now: four pounds sterling.Quot. 1972 may refer to a different amount of money.

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1957 Evening News 12 Nov. 6/6 Newcomers [to Cockney slang] are a ‘rouf’ (4s), ‘a deuce’ (£2), and ‘anarf’ (10s).

1972 ‘K. Royce’ Miniatures Frame v. 64 From under a pottery sugar jar..protruded two jacks... I found a roof under them.

2008 Observer (Nexis) 15 June (Mag.) 14 Our money lingo is for when we're selling between stalls and don't want general customers to understand. One quid is a font, two a bottle, three a carpet, four a rouf.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rouf
释义	roufadj.n. Brit. /rɔːf/, U.S. /rɔf/, Australian English /rɔːf/ Forms: 1800s roaf, 1800s– rouf, 1900s– rofe, 1900s– roof. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: four adj. and n. Etymology: Back-slang for four adj. and n. Compare neves adj. and neves n. Now rare. †A. adj. British slang (originally and chiefly London) and Australian slang. Four (in number). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 17/2 ‘I'll try you a “gen”’ (shilling), said a coster; ‘And a “rouf yenap”’ (fourpence), added the other. 1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 11/2 Roaf Yanneps, four pence. B. n. British slang (originally and chiefly London). 1. Criminals' slang. A four-year prison sentence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] fourOE quaternaryc1450 cater1553 quaternion1768 rouf1950 1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 212 All [prison] sentences are referred to in slang... 4 years, a ‘lagging’ or a ‘rofe’ (pron. ‘roaf’). 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 138 I tried to tell them that it had been a business deal, but you know what it's like talking to a moronic coszer, so that was it I got a rouf. 2. Originally: (the sum of) four shillings (disused after the introduction of decimal coinage to Britain in 1971). Now: four pounds sterling.Quot. 1972 may refer to a different amount of money. ΚΠ 1957 Evening News 12 Nov. 6/6 Newcomers [to Cockney slang] are a ‘rouf’ (4s), ‘a deuce’ (£2), and ‘anarf’ (10s). 1972 ‘K. Royce’ Miniatures Frame v. 64 From under a pottery sugar jar..protruded two jacks... I found a roof under them. 2008 Observer (Nexis) 15 June (Mag.) 14 Our money lingo is for when we're selling between stalls and don't want general customers to understand. One quid is a font, two a bottle, three a carpet, four a rouf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1851
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