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shelf2

Pronunciation: /ʃɛlf/

Australian/NZ informal
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Definition of shelf

noun (plural shelfs)

  • an informer.

verb

[with object]
  • inform on (someone): he never shelfed a man in his life

Origin:

1930s (as a noun): probably from the phrase on the shelf 'out of the way'

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