guv


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guv

(ɡʌv) or

guv'nor

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit an informal name for governor
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Translations

guv

[gʌv] N = governor thanks, guv!¡gracias, jefe!
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guv

[ˈgʌv] n (British)chef m
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guv

, guv’nor
n (Brit inf) → Chef m (inf)
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guv

[gʌv] n (fam) → capo
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References in classic literature ?
Comun' tull Narrow Reach, thuck weather, wuth snow squalls, me un the chart-room, dudna I guv hum the changed course?
I guv the mate his course, an' the bearun' o' the Askthar Light astern.
"When I was a young men I used tull be afeard thot the owners would guv me the sack.
An' then the owners can guv me the sack uz soon uz they like.
Yer mind dat ar great chicken pie I made when we guv de dinner to General Knox?
* Guv "Don Veto" Sununu has vetoed so many bills that - since auctioning off his family and medical leave plan veto at a fundraiser - it does raise the question that you'd think he was doing it just to raise some campaign funds.
How's this for coincidence: I was picked up by a cab booked to take me to the LBC radio studios for a breakfast paper review for my former broadcast partner and multi-award winning presenter Nick Ferrari when the cabbie boasted: "I gotta pick up that Denise Robertson, lovely lady, and take 'er to the 'Sarf' Bank TV studios after you, guv."
And even this has been dressed up by Cardiff council as 'nothing to do with us, guv - blame the revaluation exercise.'
Cor blimey, guv! Chirpy Cockney Harry Redknapp is perfecting his golf swing after walking out of Portsmouth.
Oh dear stitter, stutter The Prime Minister's heart is all a-flutter Off to Hampstead he did go All in a rush off in a moThey prodded his heart then looked at his veins ``You'll be home tomorrow, Guv, to take hold of the reins''.
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