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reffoes

reffoes is the plural of reffo.

Meaning of reffo

Noun

reffo (plural reffos or reffoes)

  1. (Australia, derogatory, ethnic, slur) A refugee who has settled in Australia.
    • ‘It may be like this,’ he said ‘Australians are too bloody scared to be frankly unpleasant: Most of them hate the guts of reffos and other alien intruders, especially Jews and Dagos. But they like being liked and cannot resist giving help if it is needed, except, of course, if it′s the boss who...1980, Emery Barcs, Backyard of Mars: Memoirs of the “Reffo” Period in Australia, page 73

Questions about reffoes

What is reffoes the plural of?
Reffoes is the plural of reffo.

Words near reffoes in the dictionary

  1. Reffitt
  2. Reffitts
  3. Reffner
  4. Reffners
  5. reffo
  6. reffoes
  7. reffos
  8. Reffs
  9. refi
  10. refibrillation
  11. refibrillations

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