We were obliged to shout because the old gaffer was hard of hearíng.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish as my old gaffer used to say.

Never, even in the memory of the oldest gaffer there that day, had such an extraordinary race been run.

And either way, hot or cold, he trembled like a toothless old gaffer in a chimney corner.

The last person they passed was a sturdy old gaffer clipping a hedge.

Valdir gasped, and let the old gaffer tell the tale as he pleased.

You and I, a couple of forgotten old gaffers if we're still alive, will not be able to do much.

Getting all these old gaffers out in the heat will probably kill off half of them.

"And a little mathematics never hurt a practical man," said the old gaffer.

Trees cut down and all, and the old gaffer tumed out.