Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. (British slang) boss
Etymologies
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Examples
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The street peddler tips his hat to the "guvnor" because he chooses to recognize the gleaming top hat as an indicator of status.
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He calls you "guvnor" or "sir" but he is uncomfortable and would really prefer that you knew your station and went into the saloon bar and left him and his mates alone.
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Over in the west, Sligo also plays host to an all-Flat fixture and it's interesting to note that Pat Smullen is making the long journey from the Curragh even though his 'guvnor' Dermot Weld has two runners at Gowran.
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"guvnor" which his "guvnor" would fain have kept to himself had it been possible.
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Strike me down if I am wrong but the guvnor salary was voted in on the back of a better pension pay out? on March 29, 2010 at 8: 22 pm Metcountymounty
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Even dialogue or the voice of the narrative itself may double as dressing -- "Gor, blimey, guvnor!" and all that.
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Reckon any police guvnor now or then would have done that?
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Perhaps you and Mrs Dixon should have a friendly word with the guvnor and set him straight...
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The interesting thing is, you are referred to as “the guvnor,” “Guv,” or “Mr Gadget” quite a lot of the time.
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I went back to my guvnor to tell him what Joe had ‘confessed’ to.
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