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gavvers

gavvers is the plural of gavver.

Meaning of gavver

Noun

gavver (plural gavvers)

  1. (UK, slang) A member of the police.
    • "Yeah, the gavvers were after Dad for a bunch of stuff he'd done years ago — fake license plates, stolen cars, that dodgy Range Rover deal he had going..."2007, Kevin Brooks, The Road of the Dead, page 177
    Synonyms:
    cop, rozzer

Questions about gavvers

What is gavvers the plural of?
Gavvers is the plural of gavver.

Words near gavvers in the dictionary

  1. gavotted
  2. gavottes
  3. gavotting
  4. Gavriil
  5. gavver
  6. gavvers
  7. Gavyn
  8. gavyuti
  9. gavyutis
  10. gaw
  11. GAWA

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