Gaffer may refer to:
Media
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''The Gaffer'' (TV series), a British comedy television series of the early 1980s
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Gaffer Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee (, usually called Sam) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. A hobbit, Samwise is the chief supporting character of ''The Lord of the Rings'', serving as the loyal companion (in effect, the manservant) of t ...
, a hobbit character in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''Lord of the Rings'' franchise
* Gaffer, a character in ''
The Muppets
The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an surreal humor, absurdist, slapstick, burlesque, and self-referential humor, self-referential style of Musical theatre, musical Variety show, variety-sketch comedy. Cre ...
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* A nickname used by the perpetrator in the
Sheffield incest case
The Sheffield incest case concerns the conviction in November 2008 in Sheffield Crown Court of a 54-year-old English man who, undetected over a period of 25 years, repeatedly raped his two daughters and fathered seven surviving children with t ...
Other uses
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Gaffer (boss)
A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position and role that is primarily based on authority over w ...
, a British colloquial term for "boss", "foreman" or "old man"
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Gaffer (occupation), the head of the electrical/lighting department in film or television production
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Gaffer District (Corning, New York)
Organization summary
The Corning Intown District Management Association (CIDMA), better known as Corning's Gaffer District, is a historical district in downtown Corning (city), New York, Corning, New York, and is named after a gaffer or master ...
, a historic district of downtown Corning
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Gaffer tape
Gaffer tape (also known as gaffer's tape, gaff tape or gaffa tape as well as spike tape for narrow, colored gaffer tape) is a heavy cotton cloth pressure-sensitive tape with strong adhesive and tensile properties. It is widely used in theatre, p ...
, or Gaffa tape, a type of adhesive tape
* Gaffer, a person who
blows glass
* Gaffer (sailor), of a
gaff rig
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the ''gaff''. Because of the size and sh ...
boat
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