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    [Noun]  | "gaf*fer" | \ ˈga-fər \


    1: an old man

    2: foreman, overseer

    3: employer


    Origin: 1589 ;

     Phonetic reduction of {see: |godfather:1|godfather:1} (with initial vowel perhaps from {see: |grandfather:1|grandfather:1});

     [ "gaffer" ]

    1: BRITISH

      * e.g.,  ... "street cleaners stopping for a smoke when their gaffer isn't in the vicinity" 


     [ "gaffer" ]

    2: informal


     [ "gaffer" ]

    3: a person in charge of others; a boss.

     [ "The Gaffer" ]

    1: British Slang for Football Manager

      * e.g.,  ...  The Gaffer wants us to pick the tempo up in the second half. Ask The Gaffer if you can play up front. 

     [ "gaffer" ]

    1: Boss, or manager

      * e.g.,  ... "I'll have to speak to my gaffer about that" 

     [ "Gaffer" ]

    1: Used in Ireland, "gaff" is slang for house in Ireland, "gaffer" means house party

      * e.g.,  ... "Josh I have a free gaff this weekend" 

     [ "Gaffer" ]

    1: "Gaff" is a colloquial word used in the greater Dublin area in Ireland & north England meaning house. Gaffer is a house party

      * e.g.,  ... "Gaffer at Damo's house tonight lads" "I heard that was some gaffer the other day, boy. Did ye get the shift?" "Are ye comin' to my gaffer on Friday " 

     [ "the gaffer" ]

    1: Chief of lighting on a film.

      * e.g.,  ... He's the gaffer in that production. 

     [ "Gaffer" ]

    1: Irish slang word for a wild party, typically at a "gaff" (irish slang for house).

      * e.g.,  ... "Righ', so my mam and da are out so I'll be having a mad gaffer!" 

     [ "gaffer" ]

    1: someone or even something that is young or small. a small child usually, but not always

      * e.g.,  ... "awe look at the little gaffer" 

     [ "gaffer" ]

    1: 1 An old man;

      * e.g.,  ... 1 "My grandpa's a funny little gaffer" 


     [ "gaffer" ]

    2: 2 A old man that drones on endlessly

      * e.g.,  ... 2 "My socials teacher is such a gaffer" 

     [ "gaffer" ]

    1: A gaffer(as seen on the rolling credits of a movie) is a guy who runs around with different multicolored rolls of duck tape on the movie set and makes sure the set doesnt fall apart for the scene.

      * e.g.,  ... "Tell the gaffer to go make sure those overhead lighting wires are out of the scene." 

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