英语词汇gaff的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	gaff
词源	gaff; stand the gaff. To stand the gaff means to endure goad- ing or kidding by someone, but its roots extend to the Provençal word gaf, for “a boathook.” Gaff, for “a hoax or trick” possibly derives from the idea of “hooking some poor fish,” from the time when a large fishhook was referred to as a gaff.
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