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Gent, in Britain
Answer for the clue "Gent, in Britain ", 3 letters:
guv
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Word definitions for guv in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Go and ask the landlord about the watch, guv .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, shortening of guvner , casual British pronunciation of governor as a title of respect.
Usage examples of guv.
Under the direction of the Guv, a semiorganized group was struggling to pry open the doors that led to the transport tunnel.
Well, I told it to him, and as depressed as he was, he practically fell down laughing, so I told him to get himself a pen and paper, and once he did I sat down and told him the one about the poet and the feather merchant's twin daughters, and then the one about the Sumo wrestler and the circus thin lady, and the one about the six-fingered gangster and the one-eyed manicurist, and by the time the sun had come up I've guv him about a hundred such knee-slappers.