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gaff1 / gaf/ • n. 1. a stick with a hook, or a barbed spear, for landing large fish. 2. Sailing a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent. • v. [tr.] seize or impale with a gaff. gaff2 • n. rough treatment; criticism: if wages increase, perhaps we can stand the gaff. gaff3 • n. Brit., inf. a house, apartment, or other building, esp. as being a person's home: John's new gaff is on McDonald Road. |
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"gaff." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gaff." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gaff.html "gaff." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gaff.html |
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Gaff, 19th-century term for an improvised theatre, in the poorer quarters of London and other large towns, on whose stage an inadequate company dealt robustly with a repertory of melodrama. The entrance fee was a penny or twopence. The lowest type of gaff was known as a blood-tub. In Scotland it was called a ‘geggie’.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Gaff." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Gaff." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Gaff.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Gaff." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Gaff.html |
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gaff1 hook XIII; fishing-spear XVII; steel spur XVIII. — Pr. gaf hook, of uncert. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "gaff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gaff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gaff.html T. F. HOAD. "gaff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gaff.html |
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gaff n. a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent.
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"gaff." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gaff." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-gaff.html "gaff." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-gaff.html |
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gaff2 (sl.) secret, in phr. blow the gaff. XIX. of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "gaff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gaff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gaff1.html T. F. HOAD. "gaff." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gaff1.html |
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gaff, see gaff rig.
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"gaff." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gaff." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-gaff.html "gaff." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-gaff.html |
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•caff, carafe, faff, gaff, gaffe, naff, Najaf, piaffe, Taff
•Piaf • chiffchaff • decaf • pilaf • Olaf
•paraph • riffraff • Asaph
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"gaff." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gaff." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gaff.html "gaff." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gaff.html |
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