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How To Use Gaffer In A Sentence

  • The gaffer is such a good manager that he is bound to attract interest from bigger clubs.
  • 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.
  • It looked ominous for Blues' new gaffer with five minutes on the clock. The Sun
  • The gaffer made me captain at the start of the season and I want to be back out there helping the lads get back up the league.
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  • Dope and cocaine have become accessible to the grips, the gaffers and the best boys.
  • The new gaffer's come in with his own way of thinking and it's totally different. Times, Sunday Times
  • Old gaffers recited love-poetry, and made the evening shadows creep with more tales about a Greek-tongued demon of the hills.
  • He noticed that one of the old gaffers had a bluish lump under his right ear (he would forget his face but he would never forget his ear) and the girl had a fine golden chain around her bare neck.
  • He said: 'The gaffer just felt a bit let down. The Sun
  • We have added seven players, the gaffer has freshened things up and kept competition for places at a premium.
  • I had good days and bad days, and it's fair to say the gaffer can dish out the hairdryer treatment. The Sun
  • One can still operate collaboratively while being called boss or gaffer. Times, Sunday Times
  • THAT'S a nice bubble perm, gaffer. The Sun
  • I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape. The Sun
  • He put the glass panel back in place, without being asked, and did a temporary seal with some gaffer tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • Dope and cocaine have become accessible to the grips, the gaffers and the best boys.
  • Now he cannot wait for his first clash with his old gaffer as a coach. The Sun
  • And not just extras, gaffers and best boys either; she's apparently done this to several of her costars.
  • If you've ever watched the credits of a movie you've seen the word "gaffer"---he's the head electrictian on the set. Languagehat.com: THE MOST UNTRANSLATABLE WORD.
  • We have had four weeks to prepare for it and the gaffer's got us geed up for this game. The Sun
  • The gaffers gave us a bonus in Burgdy and Claray.
  • The gaffer deserves praise for the players he has brought in. Times, Sunday Times
  • Another possible solution is to use gaffer tape to bind the tops of your socks to your legs. Times, Sunday Times
  • At first Pak Rabun reminded me of an old English gaffer.
  • But the gaffer thought I'd looked all right in training and gave me the chance and I didn't want to let anyone down.
  • The gaffer may have had his eye on a few bargains playing in the finals. The Sun
  • In order to eat, they had to hang out with gaffers and best boys!
  • When the gaffer arrived, he knew many of the players by name only.
  • When I came back from injury earlier this season, the gaffer took a chance on me and played me up front against Dundee United.
  • He said: 'The gaffer is very careful about who he brings in. The Sun
  • The gaffer has spoken to the chairman and told me to just get on with organising everything.
  • Now he cannot wait for his first clash with his old gaffer as a coach. The Sun
  • They must not be in contact, -- perhaps because gaffer will gossip with gammer, and youth and maid will toy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
  • The gaffer may have had his eye on a few bargains playing in the finals. The Sun
  • And the new gaffer has yet to win after two games. The Sun
  • Now he cannot wait for his first clash with his old gaffer as a coach. The Sun
  • But he said: 'The new gaffer has really got us going. The Sun
  • Predicting a better period under Smith, he has been impressed by the new gaffer.
  • The gaffer has not set me a specific target but I've set myself one to try and get at least ten goals this season. The Sun
  • They are great as a unit so although the gaffer won't be there he will be, if you know what I mean.
  • ANOTHER of our other great footie columnists and an ex-England gaffer who is a master tactician. The Sun
  • Another possible solution is to use gaffer tape to bind the tops of your socks to your legs. Times, Sunday Times
  • Those who know his mindset and attention to such detail are unsurprised by his quick progression through youth ranks, particularly, his current international gaffer, Kerr.
  • The gaffer and the players kept asking if they could see it, so why not?
  • The gaffer may have had his eye on a few bargains playing in the finals. The Sun
  • C47's can often be seen used in many different ways on a filmset and are most commonly used by gaffers, grips and electricians. British Blogs
  • “Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low — hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont.” The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • I don't think "gaffer" fits the "respectful form of address to a professional". Languagehat.com: THE MOST UNTRANSLATABLE WORD.
  • I had to step up and score the last one and the gaffer was happy to give me the job. The Sun
  • The new gaffer has taken four points from his first two games. The Sun
  • The gaffer has worked hard with me and I've finally hit a bit of form now. The Sun
  • The gaffer is also the one who selects the club 's transfer targets. The Sun
  • Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low -- hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
  • Another possible solution is to use gaffer tape to bind the tops of your socks to your legs. Times, Sunday Times
  • Something to Do, a Ska band based in Waukesha, WI, has won a $2,500 prize for writing "When I'm Stuck I Turn to Duck Tape," a ska-anthem celebrating gaffer tape's many virtues. Boing Boing: December 7, 2003 - December 13, 2003 Archives
  • Oh, and people with unpleasantly posh Home Counties accents who speak far louder than they need to in an enclosed space should probably be gagged with gaffer tape.
  • He added: 'It shows that the gaffer is not going to leave any stone unturned to make us a better club and a better bunch of individuals. The Sun
  • It looked ominous for Blues' new gaffer with five minutes on the clock. The Sun
  • If you are not doing it, the new gaffer tells you. The Sun
  • The overall squad isn't the biggest, so the gaffer needs as many players as possible and if everyone is fit, the squad is in better shape all round.
  • Gaffer and gammer, man and maiden, were distributed, the ladies to the right of the aisle, the gentlemen to the left. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862
  • ` ` Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low --- hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont. '' The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • Everyone knows we haven't got the biggest squad in the world and it seems that every time the gaffer gets another player back in the mix, he loses another through either injury or suspension - or both!
  • The gaffer is also the one who selects the club 's transfer targets. The Sun
  • You clearly get a bit down after games like that, when you get a deserved rollocking off the gaffer.
  • Ferguson, one of the last of the old-style authoritarian gaffers, has had those rules challenged in a world that makes some footballers behave like Hollywood megastars.
  • If the gaffer decides to make changes, we know he's got a good back-up squad.
  • After comments on the game title presented by cuyahoga and the appearance of character sketches of the theoretical Dudebro, GAFfers Jocchan and thetrin rolled with the idea of the game even further, laying the framework for what would become a legend. Neoseeker News Feed
  • It was very tough, we were the crew, the grips, the gaffers, the directors, Rob and I were two of the actors, we did the costumes, the make-up FX, everything.
  • The gaffer deserves praise for the players he has brought in. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mr. Chihuly called Mr. Rubino a "gaffer," a term for a glassblower who labors around a furnace at the instruction of an artist. Archive 2006-06-01
  • The beam above the bed was patched up with what appeared to be gaffer tape. Times, Sunday Times
  • The midfielder said: 'The gaffer has been working us very hard and it is paying off. The Sun
  • 'The gaffer was a centre-half and he wasn't bad, was he? Football.co.uk news feed
  • The gaffer's man-management skills really shone through when we lost seven games on the trot earlier in the season.
  • But if you're talking to make-up artists or gaffers or other rank-and-file workers in the industry, the values are much more traditional.
  • In her home-made oilskins held together with gaffer tape, the teenage was the most down-to-earth of sailing students.
  • Again and again the contributors write of you as a sort of capo, the gaffer, the boss.
  • It was the game with the gaffer tape that did it. Times, Sunday Times
  • It looked ominous for Blues' new gaffer with five minutes on the clock. The Sun
  • He said: 'The gaffer was told that things would happen and maybe they have not. Times, Sunday Times
  • She always had time for the gaffers, the prop guys, the stage hands, the script girls, even the security guards.
  • The Gaffer's eyes wandered from a brambling hopping about the lichen-covered boulders, and away to the sea-fowl wheeling above the ships: and then came into his mind a tale he had read once in Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts
  • When having one-on-one chats with his gaffer they will converse in French.
  • If he hadn't said to me on Thursday ‘Gaffer I'll give it a bash!’
  • The gaffer deserves praise for the players he has brought in. Times, Sunday Times
  • The new gaffer has taken four points from his first two games. The Sun
  • I know all the lads are right behind the gaffer in his dislike of the United boss and they will be fired up - make no mistake.
  • Ferguson, one of the last of the old-style authoritarian gaffers, has had those rules challenged in a world that makes some footballers behave like Hollywood megastars.
  • But his midfield ace insists'the gaffer' is far more than just a quick wit and repartee act. The Sun
  • Sources insist he is equally keen to link up with his old gaffer on Merseyside. The Sun
  • Positive'We were just trying to win games under the old gaffer and got too wrapped up in that process. The Sun
  • Use strips of black gaffer's tape along the edges of the negative carrier and enlarger negative stage after the carrier is placed in the enlarger.
  • We've built and built and built since the new gaffer's come in. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said: 'I have spoken to the gaffer a few times but that is it so far. The Sun
  • Father Reilly’s after reading it in gallous Latin, and “It’s come in the nick of time, ” says he; “so I’ll wed them in a hurry, dreading that young gaffer who’d capsize the stars. Act Three
  • But the Eastlands gaffer is setting his sights higher than that for the new season ahead. The Sun
  • He got his parents to tape him in, you know that gaffer tape they use, that thick tape, to tape him onto the bike, because his balance was still a bit wobbly.
  • The Gaffer's part in it all is a bit less obvious, though.
  • Now it seemed he would be inflicting one of his old gaffer's most painful defeats. The Sun
  • If you're the kind of movie-goer who stays reading end credits until you're playing footsie with the usher, you have probably wondered: "What does a 'gaffer' do?" or, "Who's the 'best boy'? Hollywood Hard Hats
  • But as the gaffer says there is no way to speak over the anoying despatcher who insists on giving you a tale of woe about how someone is getting anoying text messages from her ex boyfriend 50 times a day. Square Peg - Round Hole « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • And I wouldn't be surprised to learn that time on the pitch actively made one a worse gaffer. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is joking with the gaffer, and during the hour of the shoot, goes out of his way to speak to each of the crew, signs autographs, makes small talk.
  • scorchio" at 1300, and our gaffer is a powerful right-handed all-rounder from Preston who can turn a game with bat or ball. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • And the new gaffer has yet to win after two games. The Sun
  • We're out there and all of a sudden the gaffer says to stop. The Sun
  • The gaffer only buys quality players and he has brought in another one.
  • “Ay, ay, Gaffer Tramp, take awa yealdon, take awa low — hang the witch, and there will be less scathe amang us; mine owsen hae been reckan this towmont.” The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • I've never heard (or at least never noticed) the word gaffer before and I think I'm probably more familiar with British forms than most Americans (not saying much). Languagehat.com: THE MOST UNTRANSLATABLE WORD.
  • The Whites gaffer walked into a tricky situation when he took the job in the summer. The Sun
  • Simply attach black bin bags to the windows with your trusty roll of gaffer tape thereby preventing light leaking in.
  • Jacobs, now in his tenth season at the club, has seen gaffers come and go.
  • Obviously, the gaffer is far superior in international football compared to me.
  • An old gaffer sold me a whole crate of them for the price of a bottle.
  • The gaffer was a centrehalf and he wasn't bad was he That was a big thing for me hopefully he can make me into a better player. Football.co.uk news feed
  • But his midfield ace insists'the gaffer' is far more than just a quick wit and repartee act. The Sun
  • The number of people who work on these movies is huge, and things happen - gaffers grab the wrong wire, carpenters fall off scaffolds, smokepots go off in a FX tech's face.
  • It took five minutes for the names of all the actors, producers, editors, gaffers, grips, best boys, dialect coaches, wig makers and steelworkers to crawl by.
  • -- Father Reilly's after reading it in gallous Latin, and "It's come in the nick of time," says he; "so I'll wed them in a hurry, dreading that young gaffer who'd capsize the stars. The Playboy of the Western World; a Comedy in Three Acts
  • Then he assembled a meeting between himself, Norman, Savannah, the first A.D., the cinematographer and the head gaffer and let them know what was going on.
  • He was a handsome 10-year-old skewbald native cross called Gaffer.
  • It might have been an actor, it might have been the director, or maybe even one of the gaffers.
  • It's also helped that the gaffer has told me to play forward more.
  • It's the players who do the business, not the gaffer and when we cross that white line, it's up to us.
  • The gaffer may have had his eye on a few bargains playing in the finals. The Sun
  • The 60-year-old star caught a gaffer fooling around with an electronic toy designed to mimic the sound of flatulence and confiscated it.
  • She gatecrashes a chat with Dennis when the lads are first planning their trip and she rather takes a shine to the gaffer.
  • The gaffer huffed and puffed behind his camera man.
  • What is the bond between gaffers and costumers?
  • That same night Robert went to call on the "gaffer," Black Jock, and as he neared the door he met Mysie Maitland. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner
  • Fray's P45 and stamp card came in the post, covered in the gaffer's oily fingerprints. PROSPECT HILL
  • Each one of us, everybody here in this room, sound, gaffers, assistants, whoever it is, we all have to do something to reverse the effects of the C02.
  • ‘If you can think of any way we could have both used the rope and yet brought it down with us, then you can pass on to me ninnyhammer, or any other name your Gaffer gave you,’ said Frodo. The Lord of the Rings
  • I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape. The Sun
  • Now he cannot wait for his first clash with his old gaffer as a coach. The Sun

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