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• n  an elderly man
• n  an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
• n  a person who exercises control over workers

• The Sandton Bird Club was having its monthly meeting there, but nobody saw Carter as he used silver gaffer tape to attach a garden hose to the exhaust pipe and run it to the .
• And the one about how he made Fisher tape her boobs down with gaffer tape.
• Scratched, bitten and bruised, he would display his wounds like trophies, casually using gaffer tape to bind up a severe bite from a large saltwater crocodile that he had been .

• old-timer
• oldtimer
• old geezer
• antique
• foreman
• chief
• honcho
• boss

News & Articles

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• GlassFest Heating Up
  CORNING -- (WENY) Stormy weather and rain isn't dampening the hearts of local business owners in Corning's Gaffer District who rely on glass fest for that economic boost every year.
  July 18, 2013 - WENY-TV
• Glassfest Blowout
  The museum welcomed special guests from Corning's sister city in Italy for the glass cutting, bringing a little international flavor to the kick off. Glass blowers from San Giovanni, Italy joined local gaffers to make the glass ribbon, inter-twining the colors of the American and Italian flags.
  July 18, 2013 - WENY-TV

Quotes

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• Nick Colgan in Reuters UK
  I got the call from the gaffer and he gave me 24 hours to think about it, but I think it took me about 24 seconds to decide,Colgan told the club website (www.safc.com).
• Mikael Forssell in Donside Today
  Forssell said: "The gaffer has been a part of big games and knows what it is all about."
• Kris Boyd in Sportinglife.com
  But Boyd told the Daily Record: "Look, the team has been winning so nobody can say the gaffer has got it wrong. I certainly am not saying that. But I don't think he or anybody else at the club would be happy if I wasn't frustrated. Of course I'm...