"gâfe" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ɡaf\ Forms: gâfes [plural]
  1. Sentinelle, gardien de prison.
    Sense id: fr-gâfe-fr-noun-muXCpufs Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la prison
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "Jean Genet, Poèmes, 1948, page 33",
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