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Gareth

Gareth

English

Proper noun

Gareth

  1. A male given name of Welsh origin; name of a knight in the Arthurian romance.
    • 1872 Alfred Tennyson: Gareth and Lynette:
      The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,
      And tallest, Gareth, in a showerful spring,
      Stared at the spate.

Etymology 2

Cockney rhyming slang based on the name of actor Gareth Hunt.[1][2][3]

Noun

Gareth (plural Gareths)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) ****

References

  1. A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.
  2. Gareth Hunt is Cockney Rhyming Slang for …
  3. Anonymous Dirty Cockney Rhyming Slang Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84317-035-3

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