Wednesday's Word
formerly known as the "What're Words For..."

Word: Gaffle (V.)
Definition: to snatch or seize

Usage:
“Toby gaffled onto that barrel of potatoes and toosted it right up onto the tailgate, all by himself.”

or

“When they offered me a new deal with the interest only eight per cent, I gaffled right onto it.”


(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)