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Meanings of old gaffer in English

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Usage of old gaffer in English
1
The last person they passed was a sturdy old gaffer clipping a hedge.
The lord of the rings
2
Tone's old gaffer Arsene Wenger thinks it'll be a walk in the formerly-named Adams Park for him.
The Guardian
3
An old gaffer with long silver hair used to sing it as he puttered down the lanes in the market, doing his shopping.
Chaosbound
4
I'll war'nt he could pick up my old gaffer Jones an' awa' wi' him at his saddle-bow, as easy as Towser does a rotten!
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
5
The young one that used to be so thick with Old Gaffer.
The Pinhoe Egg
6
Saidst thou I should find my wench and the old Gaffer there?
The Armourer's Prentices
7
Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden.
The lord of the rings
8
Even more strongly than my old Gaffer, the unicorn told him.
The Pinhoe Egg
9
The spicy whiffs of scent made her throat ache, remembering her Old Gaffer.
The Pinhoe Egg
10
One voice was certainly the old Gaffer's; the other was strange, and somehow unpleasant.
The lord of the rings
11
It was still packed with spectators, stable lads, old gaffers offering advice and men-at-arms.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
12
The gates had been broken ever since Old Gaffer died when Marianne was quite small.
The Pinhoe Egg
13
Mine host, old Gaffer Moon, smiles down upon the ashes of my camp fire, full-faced and silver.
Kenny
14
Old Gaffer Moon, full-faced and silver!
Kenny
15
It came to me when Old Gaffer went, but Gammer set store by living there, so I let her.
The Pinhoe Egg
16
Marianne gathered a few and ate them while she went to inspect Old Gaffer's herb bed beside the house.
The Pinhoe Egg
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