Watch your gaff/house!

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Heard in Dublin

A warning cry used when playing football in the street, alerting others that a vehicle is approaching.

In use

When a car is coming you shout 'Watch your gaff'

Posh English

When a motorcar approaches one is obliged to cry out a warning to mind ones property.

  • Free gaffA house with no parents present.
  • GaffA house or home.
  • In me gaffInside my own house or home.
  • Car ballA warning cry used by children playing football on the road when a vehicle approaches.
  • Watch me gashAn instruction to be careful or to mind one's own business.
  • Around the houseIn the context of Gaelic football, a pass delivered across the square.