guv
Example Sentences
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Lord Arbuthnot continues: "Since the government owned the Post Office, I had assumed they would be in a position to sort it out - but they were saying ‘no, not me guv’."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
“I went to high school with GOP guv candidate @BrianKempGA,” Davis wrote in the now-deleted tweet.
From Fox News ● Dec. 22, 2018
Lest that sound like our guv is just another face in the crowd, consider this: Cillizza put Inslee in the second of four “tiers” — the first tier being most likely to clinch the nomination.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2017
Yes, for nigh on four centuries they've been leaning down to expectant faces and querying, "Where to, guv?"
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
On hearing of my problem, the man without hesitation came out to the Ford, opened the bonnet and informed me after barely a few seconds' inspection: 'Water, guv.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
