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- you can expect to make some amusing gaffs until you get more familiar with the language
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- double-check the new writer's grammar, as it's typically riddled with gaffs
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of gaff (Entry 2 of 2)
- a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity
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- the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses
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- beat,
- bilk,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- hose
- [slang],
- hustle,
- mulct,
- nobble
- [British slang],
- pluck,
- ream,
- rip off,
- rook,
- screw,
- shake down,
- short,
- shortchange,
- skin,
- skunk,
- squeeze,
- stick,
- stiff,
- sting,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
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The first known use of gaff was circa 1656
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