Heard the word gaffle for the first time this morning when my husband said he "gaffled up" the two lambs and put them in a pen. He said his father(b 1911) used the word frequently.We are in rural Ontario. Family emigrated here from Palatinate Germany(1700s) via West of Ireland in 1850s.
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Heard the word gaffle for the first time this morning when my husband said he "gaffled up" the two lambs and put them in a pen. He said his father(b 1911) used the word frequently.We are in rural Ontario. Family emigrated here from Palatinate Germany(1700s) via West of Ireland in 1850s.
May 2, 2010