Definitions
an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
Word origin
From Middle English gaffe, from Old French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), from 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban, “to give”). Doublet of gaffe.
Used in a sentence
“When Leonard finally hauls up a cod of seventy-five centimeters, probably seven years old, a typical catch ten years ago, they all joke, "Oh my God, get the gaff!"”
“We politely ignored his gaff.”
“The sideshow feat was just a gaff, but the audience was too proud to admit they'd been fooled.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Fishing hook”4 letters
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