guvnor


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Noun1.guvnor - (British slang) boss
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
hirer, boss - a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
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Guvnor told him it would take two hours and cost a hundred and eighty pounds.
"The guvnor didn't let on who the note was from, I suppose?"
The guvnor didn't want to give him a special at this time of night, but he just handed him a note, and we made things hum up here.
"NP is totally fine and is still the guvnor as per the last 50 years."
A glut of awards and sell-out tours later, Al is celebrating a barnstorming 20 years by bringing his twice extended One Man, One Guvnor tour to the Town Hall on Tuesday, November 10.
Murray, a regular to the city, is currently on tour with One Man, One Guvnor - 20 years at the Lager Top.
There is a generous helping of sex, too, mainly provided by Emma Barton as the busty Dolly, and other strong contributions come from Edward Hancock (Alan Dangle), Patrick Warner (the other guvnor, Stanley Stubbers) and Jasmyn Banks (Pauline Clench).
What Francis doesn't know is that his new guvnor is really Roscoe's sister Rachel in disguise as her own dead brother, who has been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.
THE NEW GUVNOR Zinedine Zidane is installed as the Real Madrid boss last night after Benitez (left) was sacked