ralphie
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See also: Ralphie
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ralph Gardeners High School in North Shields, which had a past reputation as a bad school, + -ie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ralphie (plural ralphies)
- (Geordie, derogatory) A scruffy school child.
Derived terms
[edit]- rarf (Hartlepool)
References
[edit]- Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “ralphie”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.