"tip the gaff" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tips the gaff [present, singular, third-person], tipping the gaff [participle, present], tipped the gaff [participle, past], tipped the gaff [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tip the gaff (third-person singular simple present tips the gaff, present participle tipping the gaff, simple past and past participle tipped the gaff)
  1. To give away how a magic trick is accomplished.
    Sense id: en-tip_the_gaff-en-verb-jxvEKOtQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. To reveal a disguise or something hidden.
    Sense id: en-tip_the_gaff-en-verb-xAi1phT2
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          "ref": "1989, Calvin Trillin, “A Couple of Eccentric Guys”, in The New Yorker:",
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          "text": "1914: The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, Volume 42, \"The Parasite\" by George Bronson-Howard\nLady! She couldn't disguise herself as a lady with that Slavonic map of hers tipping the gaff, and those heavy hoofs of hers."
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