# Gaffer Pistol — Greene Ferne Farm character guide

> Gaffer Pistol in Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gaffer, Gaffer Pistol - legs, old Gaffer Pistol, Pistol - legs

**First appearance:** 0009-ix-gleaning

## Who they are

An old man with a nickname, possibly a veteran or eccentric.

## In the story

### [II: “The Sweet New Grass with Flowers.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/ii-the-sweet-new-grass-with-flowers)

Aged man with bent legs, known as Pistol-legs, who joins the group at the Spotted Cow. Recalls the new waterwheel at Fisher's mill and declares the finest thing is 'a horn o' ale and a lardy-cake.'

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