(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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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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