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gaff

[ UK /ɡˈæf/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
  2. a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
  3. an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish

How To Use gaff In A Sentence

  • The gaffer is such a good manager that he is bound to attract interest from bigger clubs.
  • The new gaff is now worth 400,000. The Sun
  • This was no obvious gaffe as it would have been had it emanated from the lips of George Bush, oh no, this was perhaps a "knowing casualism". Look, Obama just doesn't make gaffes, OK?
  • He is disarmingly straightforward about his goofs and gaffes, of which he had plenty during his first go-round.
  • Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
  • Some sailing on a friend's Soling and on a wooden, gaff-rigged boat that we've borrowed. Journal for 31 December 1999
  • It was an embarrassing gaffe by any standards. Times, Sunday Times
  • Shandy Gaff is made with equal parts of beer and ginger ale.
  • The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.
  • Both men, though, look set to make bigger names for themselves as gaffers than they did as players.
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