old gaffer古怪的老头；老人

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

An old geezer，an old duffer．Gaffer itself means an old man，so old gaffer is somewhat redundant，but that is how the expression is mostly used．Gaffer is thought to be a contraction of either grandfather or godfather．An old gammer，for“an old woman，”derives from either grandmother or godmother and is rarely heard outside rural England．

意义如上所示。因为gaffer本身就有“老人”的意思，前面再用old(老)有些重复了，但人们习惯这样使用。Gaffer被认为是grandfather(祖父)或godfather(教父)一词的缩写。如an old gammer一词源自grandmother(祖母)或godmother(教母)，意为“老妇人”。该词在英格兰农村地区以外的地方很少听到。