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From: uli@zoodle.robin.de (Ulrich Grepel)
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 93 08:27 MET DST
Subject: Re: What does gaffa means anyway?
To: tvm@riemann.sunbim.be (Thierry Van Mol)
Cc: love-hounds@uunet.UU.NET
> Can a kind soul explain to a non-native english speaker what does "gaffa"
> actually means? My Harraps french/english dictionnary doesn't help
> me to solve the enigma.
"gaffa" (Suspended in Gaffa) means "gaffer's tape". Gaffers are those people
that tape the cables to the floor etc. when a movie is made. This tape might
also be used to hold people off from going somewhere ('police lines'?)
Bye,
Uli