rafe, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

rafe n.

also ralph

[? Suffolk dial. rafe/ralph, a fool]

a pawnbroker’s ticket; cite 1882 is misreading.

1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. (2nd edn) 198: RAFE, or ralph, a pawnbroker’s duplicate.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1882		Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 7: Rafe (or Ralph) - A pawnbroker’s assistant.