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