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Weird Penguin ([identity profile] weird-penguin.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] ru_translate 2008-08-20 10:16 pm (UTC)

From http://www.londonslang.com/db/g/ :

gaff - slang for house or place. e.g. "I'll meet you round my gaff in 10 minutes" and "He was all over the gaff" (all over the place). Originates from the 19th century when a 'gaff' was a slang term for a fairground or place of cheap entertainment.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaff :

Gaff, a slang term used in UK and Ireland to denote a place of residence



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