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informal
a person in charge of others; a boss.
"street cleaners stopping for a smoke when their gaffer isn't in the vicinity"
gaffer by karientoch March 18, 2019
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The Gaffer 

British Slang for Football Manager
1. The Gaffer wants us to pick the tempo up in the second half.

2. Ask The Gaffer if you can play up front.
The Gaffer by humbdalas November 5, 2009
Crackhead bitch gaffled my wallet while I was in the bathroom.
gaffle by Loremaster September 17, 2002

Gaffer scam

a term used when someone invites people to a gathering but in the end he backs out leaving the invited people in rage
ahmed invited 5 people for having a chat in the park but in the end he himself didnt show up leaving the other 5 people in rage. gaffer scam kardiya
Gaffer scam by Slayer234 May 19, 2021
being taken advantage of, tricked, bamboozled, swindled, or basically just fucked with purposefully
Damn dude you got gaffled at the club when you spent $50 to get in and I spent $20.

That punk gaffled me out of 20 dollars.

Uncle Sam gaffles me everytime I have to pay my taxes.
Gaffled by Nom de plume October 27, 2004
To rip someone off,To get someones money by deceit.To scam someone for thier money by creating a ploy.To get over on a person or persons.
Its an old slang term used in the early part of the 20th century.Depicted in the movie "The Sting".
It was picked up again in the Bay Area in the 1980's(mainly Oakland I believe)
The 3 con artists got together to figure out a way to gaffle the tourists at Jack London square of thier money.
"How about 3 card monty one of them says to the others"?"Yea" another agrees,"these suckers will fall for anything". It should be easy to gaffle these fools the 3rd says.
GAFFLE by Jungle June 18, 2006
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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I found your stash of blue movies under your bed.
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fache-couture 

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1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
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