Usually means: Cheap entertainment venue, often rowdy.
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  1. penny gaff: Merriam-Webster
  2. penny-gaff, penny-gaff: Collins English Dictionary
  3. penny-gaff: Wordnik
  4. penny gaff: Wiktionary
  5. Penny gaff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Penny Gaff: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Definitions from Wiktionary (penny gaff)

noun:  (historical) An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays.

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