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gaffa

gaffa noun: gaffer tape.

Noun

gaffa (plural gaffas)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Gaffer tape.
    • A body – a corpse – my own, I think – wrapped in tape, suspended in gaffa.2012, Katherine Angel, Unmastered, Penguin, published 2014, page 250

Forms of gaffa

pluralgaffas

Questions about gaffa

What does gaffa mean?
Gaffa means gaffer tape.
What part of speech is gaffa?
Gaffa is a noun.
What is the plural of gaffa?
The plural of gaffa is gaffas.

Words near gaffa in the dictionary

  1. gaff-rigged
  2. gaff-rigging
  3. gaff-rigs
  4. gaff-topsail
  5. gaff-topsails
  6. gaffa
  7. gaffas
  8. gaffe
  9. gaffed
  10. gaffed off
  11. gaffer

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