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单词 guv
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Guvn.

Brit. /ɡʌv/, U.S. /ɡəv/
Forms: 1800s Gov., 1800s Guv., 1800s– Guv (without point). Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: guv'nor n.
Etymology: Shortened < guv'nor n. (originally as graphic abbreviation).
colloquial (chiefly British).
1. = guv'nor n. 1.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who is in charge
gaffera1658
old man1668
governor1783
head woman1799
boss1806
oyakata1818
guv'nor1843
head-worker1846
jossc1860
Guv1861
Maluka1905
big guy1921
skip1921
kingfish1930
boss-man1934
pitch-and-toss1942
honcho1945
head honcho1952
1861 H. L. Abbott Fallen Leaves 36 The gov. thinks I had better not go.
1888 Punch 4 Feb. 57/1 When the Guv. read my ansers, he said there were too things struk him forsibly—my injinuity and my ignoranse, which was a nice remark for a fellow's pater to say!
1921 F. Ward Phyllis Anne vi. 78 I happened to be on the wire hearing you arrange to put one over on the Guv.
2008 K. Bruen in T. Robinson Hardcore Hardboiled 11 This is my Guv so you be on yer best behaviour, I'm trying to impress him.
2. = guv'nor n. 2.
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1866 T. W. Robertson Society i. i. 5 Ten minutes to twelve, eh, guv?
1883 G. W. Peck Peck's Bad Boy 88 Hellow, Gov., how's your liver?
1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick 226 Give us a bob for a cuppa and a wad, guv.
1970 ‘R. Allen’ Skinhead xii, in Compl. Richard Allen (1992) I. 77 Make that three pints, guv.
2011 D. Ianson White Jaguar i. 18 Once in the taxi the driver asked, ‘Where to, Guv? Newton Poppleford?’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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