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gaf⋅fle

  [gaf-uhl] verb, -fled, -fling. New England (chiefly Maine).
Use gaffle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to take hold of; seize.
–verb (used without object)
2. to take as one's own (used in the phrase gaffle on to): I'm going to gaffle on to that last piece of pie.
Origin:
1930–35; perh. b. gaff 1 and grapple
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gaffle

  1. tv.
    to steal something. : Somebody gaffled my bike!
  2. tv.
    to arrest someone. : The copper gaffled Fred Monday.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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