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gaff /ɡæf/ noun [countable]  1  British English informalHOME the place where someone lives 住处，住所 a wretched dirty gaff 脏兮兮的破屋子2. DSOa stick with a hook at the end, used to pull big fish out of the water 〔用于将大鱼拖出水面的〕手钩，挽钩

Examples from the Corpus

gaff• Ezra knelt still looking back, coming beside his father and blindly reaching for the worn handle of the gaff.• Even with the gaff in it, it took another hour to drag the fish into the back of the boat.Origin gaff (1300-1400) French gaffe, from Provençal gaf

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gaff /ɡæf/ noun [countable]1. British English informal the place where someone lives:
    a wretched dirty gaff
2. a stick with a hook at the end, used to pull big fish out of the water

gaffBrE /ɡæf/ 🔊NAmE /ɡæf/ 🔊 nouna pole with a hook on the end used to pull large fish out of the water （将大鱼拉出水的）挽钩，手钩(BrE, slang) the house, flat/apartment, etc. where sb lives 住所；安乐窝●blow the ˈgaff (on sb/sth)(BrE, informal) to tell sth secret, especially by mistake （尤指因大意）泄露秘密