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gaffle

[gaf-uhl]

verb (used with object)

gaffled, gaffling 
  1. to take hold of; seize.



verb (used without object)

gaffled, gaffling 
  1. to take as one's own (used in the phrasegaffle on to ).

    I'm going to gaffle on to that last piece of pie.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gaffle1

1930–35; perhaps blend of gaff 1 and grapple
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Example Sentences

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Scarcely a second did they eye one another when crack! slap! they were at it, wing and gaffle.

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Gaffle onto your rose, and go 'long!

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When fired it was- placed upon an iron gaffle or fork, which: the soldier carried with him, and stuck before him into the ground.

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