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gaffer - der Alte [ugs.]
gaffer - der Boss [ugs.]
Dictionary: gaffer"So we're sitting there waiting for the gaffer (Sir Alex Ferguson) to come in and speak to us, and I'm literally sitting right next to Roy Keane. The dressing room is so small that our legs are almost touching. There's no space at all. It's dead quiet. All of a sudden, you could hear this little vibration. Very soft. Roy is looking around the room.
"I realise it's me. It's my cell phone. I left it on vibrate, and it's in the pocket of my pants, stuffed in the clothes bag that's hanging right behind Roy's head. Roy can't find where the noise is coming from. Now he's looking around the room like a maniac."
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/...Morison think[s] the recruitment policy of boss Neil Harris, targeting the right characters to add to the squad, has proved crucial to their good form. ...
"I think that has come about because the gaffer has put a really good group together of good players who fit in."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43823472My former gaffer, ex-England boss Glenn Hoddle who was in charge of Spurs in 2002-03, was a top class coach but he had a very different approach to management, in terms of his thought patterns and man to man management.
https://sabotagetimes.com/sport/how-hoddle-lo...Chapple will let assistant manager Goodliffe become the “front man” as he calls it, and is happy for the assistant to be called ‘gaffer’.
“I hate the word ‘gaffer’ and I don’t want to be called that,” he added. “I haven’t been in a dressing room since I was a manager."
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/football/fo...The Gaffer: The Trials and Tribulations of a Football Manager
https://www.cultura.com/the-gaffer-the-trials...Oxford:
gaffer - 1: [British informal] A person in charge of others; a boss.
‘street cleaners stopping for a smoke when their gaffer isn't in the vicinity’ ...
3: [informal] An old man.
‘you'll find the same old distinguished-looking gaffers at any awards dinner’https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/...Collins:
gaffer - 1. an old man, esp one living in the country: often used affectionately or patronizingly
Compare 'gammer'
2. [informal, mainly British]
a boss, foreman, or owner of a factory, mine, etc
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/...Cambridge:
gaffer - noun [ C ] (MAN IN CHARGE)
• [UK informal] a man who is in charge of other workers
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...
