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  • proper noun Short form of the male given name Gavin.

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Examples

  • Now, said chords immediately flood my mind with images of pallid, smirking 23-year-old estate agents called Gav, who say things like 'the word 'failure' is not in my vocabulary' - and believe that you can purchase a kosher chicken from the local mosque.

    The Apprentice: A Little Nit Music juliette 2009

  • Now, said chords immediately flood my mind with images of pallid, smirking 23-year-old estate agents called Gav, who say things like 'the word 'failure' is not in my vocabulary' - and believe that you can purchase a kosher chicken from the local mosque.

    Archive 2009-03-01 juliette 2009

  • a webcomics host and portal from the mists of history with comments from a long list of creators, including Chris Crosby and Darren "Gav" Bleuel, John Allison, Eight, John Robey,

    COMIXTALK 2009

  • The "wrong ball" gaff by the touch judge Peter Allan and referee Jonathan Kaplan, which allowed Mike Phillips to score the decisive try for Wales against Ireland, was the Gav of the year.

    Not so vintage season leaves us fearing a life without Gavin Henson | Eddie Butler 2011

  • He added: "We have said to Gav that he will not be coming here as our saviour, he will be coming to join our squad as one of two fly-halves."

    I would be happy to sign Gavin Henson for Saracens, says Brendan Venter Paul Rees 2010

  • Sky and various print hacks report that the striker is having talks with QPR.11.15am: "I see Wayne was making the news here in Australia today, perhaps not for quite the right reasons at first glance," chortles Gav Hudson.

    Transfer window deadline day 2012 – as it happened 2012

  • The second time Carrie met Gav she handed him a four-page hand written letter denoting the many facets of her love, written, it felt likely to me, between sessions of pawing Brides Beautiful magazine with a thermometer under one armpit checking her own mid-cycle ovulation temperatures.

    The Bachelor: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • This has become a theme all season, and again, it's more Gav than real rugby.

    Not so vintage season leaves us fearing a life without Gavin Henson | Eddie Butler 2011

  • By day, Gav entertains his future-wife shortlist with luxury yacht trips where eight women sit round a table, their hands cupping enraptured faces, listening to his mesmerising life tales of rugby and rugby practice and sometimes winning or sometimes not winning at rugby and other rugby-related stuff.

    The Bachelor: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • "Gav had a fantastic session with us and was well received by the squad," he said.

    I would be happy to sign Gavin Henson for Saracens, says Brendan Venter Paul Rees 2010

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