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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: gaffe, from Provençal gaf

gaff

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