Definitions
A chief electrician on a film set, or an old man in British usage.
Word origin
From gaff (“hook”) + -er.
Used in a sentence
“The apprentice carries a gather of glass on the blowpipe to the gaffer's bench […]”
“If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow, And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […]”
“And you're here to tell me what's what. Just like your bloody gaffer promised.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Film crew boss”6 letters
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