rouf
/rɔːf/(also rofe, roof) Now rare
noun
1 Criminals' slang. A four-year prison sentence.
2Originally: (the sum of) four shillings (disused after the introduction of decimal coinage to Britain in 1971). Now: four pounds sterling.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). Back-slang for four noun.
- scale leaf
- scaleless
- scalene
- scalene muscle
- scalenus
- scale of notation
- scale pan
- scaler
- scale something back/down (or up)
- scale worm
- Scalia, Antonin
- Scaliger, Joseph Justus
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar
- scaliness
- scaling ladder
- scallion
- scallop
- scalloper
- scallop shell
- scally
- scallywag
- scaloppine
- scalp
- scalpel
- scalper