Crossword-Solution: GAFFER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gaffer | n. | An old fellow; an aged rustic. |
| Gaffer | n. | A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GAFFER (5)
Formerly it was a game in very great vogue among the macers, who congregated nightly at the 'flash houses.' One of these is described as follows:--This gaffer laughed a great deal and whistled Moore's melodies, and extracted music from a deal table with his elbow and wrist.
The shilling, however, by a backward jerk, ran down the sleeve of the coat, as if it had life in it, and the gate-keeper turned round to look in the dust, when the tall gaffer drove on, saying--'Keep the change.' A young fellow, who previously was a marker at a billiard-table, and who had the appearance of a soft, inexperienced country-lad, was another great hand at gaffing.
Without in the least expecting an answer, the Prince asked it: ‘And where may you be going, Gammer Grasshopper?’ ‘Where are you going yourself, Gaffer Cricket?’ replied the Grasshopper.
Now tell me what sounds the old Gaffer Macklin have made in his chest, and what the young Copper also.” ‘Jerry talked for nearly a quarter of an hour about sick people in the village, while Rene asked questions.
They said old Gaffer Macklin was dying from stitches in his side where Jerry had put the trumpet--they called it the devil’s ear-piece; and they said it left round red witch-marks on people’s skins, and dried up their lights, and made ‘em spit blood, and threw ‘em into sweats.
Quotes with GAFFER (3)
What a skeletal wreck of man this is. Translucent flesh and feeble bones, the kind of temple where the whores and villains try to tempt the holistic domes. Running rampid with free thought to free form, and the free and clear. When the matters at hand are shelled out like lint at alaundry mat to sift and focus on the bigger, better, now. We all have a little sin that needs venting, virtues for the rending and laws and systems and stems are rippedfrom the branches of office, d…
To think things out properly and fairly, a fellow's got to be calm and old and toothless: When you're an old gaffer with no teeth, it's easy to say: 'Damn it, boys, you mustn't bite!' But, when you've got all thirty-two teeth...
Central midfield has been my main position, but I'll play wherever the gaffer wants me.
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).