Gaffer or Gaffa may refer to:
Media
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''Gaffa'' (magazine), a Danish music magazine
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''The Gaffer'' (TV series), a British comedy television series of the early 1980s
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Gaffer Gamgee, 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 absurdist, burlesque, and self-referential style of variety- sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson in 1955, they are the focus of a media franchise that encompasses ...
''
* 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, committed repeated rapes of his two daughters and fathered seven surviving child ...
Other uses
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Gaffer (boss), a British colloquial term for "boss", "foreman" or "old man"
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Gaffer (filmmaking)
In film and television crews, the gaffer or chief lighting technician is the head electrician, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. The gaffer's assistant is the ''best boy electric''.
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, the head of the electrical/lighting department
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Gaffer District (Corning, New York)
Organization summary
The Corning Intown District Management Association (CIDMA), better known aCorning's Gaffer District is a historical district in downtown Corning, New York. The district is known for diverse offerings, including world-class ...
, 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 shap ...
boat
See also
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