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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A support cable used to guide, steady or secure something.
  • British An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
  • British An Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night
  • colloquial A male

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Proper noun:

  • male|from=Germanic.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
  • To equip with a support cable.
  • transitive To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.

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