From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgaffgaff /ɡæf/ noun [countable] 1 British English informalHOME the place where someone lives a wretched dirty gaff2 DSOa stick with a hook at the end, used to pull big fish out of the water
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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 