(UK, Irish) An informal form of address to a man; see guv.
(UK, Irish) An informal form of address to a man; see guv. This version is especially likely to be applied to the owner of a business or the landlord of a public house.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(slang) A government employee.