rouf

Definitions

1. The number four.
2. A prison sentence of four years.
   slang
3. Four shillings.
   obsolete, slang
4. Four pounds sterling.
   slang
5. Odds of four to one.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try⟳ you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a 'rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say⟳ a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.”

“"Give⟳ me two gen, then, and take⟳ the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask⟳ yer."”

“Then the horse trading would begin⟳ with the words, from the jobber, of: "What's your size?" […] The broker might reply⟳ with the word rouf (a 4,000 share⟳ trade⟳, which was a very small order⟳); a score⟳ (20,000); a monkey (half a million); or a gorilla (one million shares - a very big order⟳).”

“I don't want⟳ a cockle – I don't want⟳ a neuf – I don't want⟳ a fat lady or a nevis – I don't want⟳ an exis, a flim or a rouf – or a carpet or bottle – These green flip-flops are a phunt a pair! And they've all got to go!”

CEFR level