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(adjective) - (1) Vicious, roguish, with a connotation of cunning. A jibbling horse is said to be gafty. A boy who is full of tricks is called a gafty youth. Used exclusively of boys. --Thomas Darlington's Folk-Speech of South Cheshire, 1887 (2) Sly; tricky; cunning; not to be trusted; mischievous. --Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1896-1905 (3) A gafty person is a suspected person. --Roger Wilbraham's Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire, 1826
January 27, 2018