"DFL" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-DFL.ogg
Etymology: Abbreviation of Democratic-Farmer-Labor. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|w:Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic-Farmer-Labor}} Abbreviation of Democratic-Farmer-Labor Head templates: {{en-prop}} DFL
  1. Initialism of Democratic–Farmer–Labor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Democratic–Farmer–Labor
    Sense id: en-DFL-en-name-rUKSzrkr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: En-au-DFL.ogg Forms: DFLs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} DFL (plural DFLs)
  1. (Sussex, Kent) Initialism of down from London, a person who has moved from their previous home in London to live in southern England. Tags: Kent, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: down from London (extra: a person who has moved from their previous home in London to live in southern England)
    Sense id: en-DFL-en-noun-oMuG1CBc Categories (other): Kentish English, Sussex English, People Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Audio: En-au-DFL.ogg Forms: DFLs [present, singular, third-person], DFLing [participle, present], DFLed [participle, past], DFLed [past]
Etymology: Initialism of dead fucking last. Etymology templates: {{init|en|dead fucking last}} Initialism of dead fucking last Head templates: {{en-verb}} DFL (third-person singular simple present DFLs, present participle DFLing, simple past and past participle DFLed)
  1. (slang, sports) To come in last place. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-DFL-en-verb-UDcmdCoF Categories (other): Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 78 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 21 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 22 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 10 78 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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