duffer
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duff·er
(dŭf′ər)n.
1. Informal
a. An incompetent or dull-witted person.
b. A casual or mediocre player of a sport, especially golf.
2. Slang A peddler of cheap merchandise.
3. Slang Something worthless or useless.
[Origin unknown.]
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duffer
(ˈdʌfə)n
1. informal a dull or incompetent person
2. slang something worthless
3. (Professions) dialect a peddler or hawker
4. (Mining & Quarrying) a mine that proves unproductive
5. a person who steals cattle
[C19: of uncertain origin]
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duff•er
(ˈdʌf ər)n.
1. Informal.
a. a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person.
b. a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf.
2. Slang.
a. anything inferior, counterfeit, or useless.
b. a peddler, esp. one who sells cheap, flashy goods.
[1835–45; perhaps Scots dial. duffar, dowfart dull, stupid person]
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duffer
noun (Informal) clot, blunderer (Brit. informal), booby, clod, oaf, bungler, galoot (slang, chiefly U.S.), lubber, lummox (informal) He was a duffer at cricket.
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duffer
n (Brit inf)
(esp Sch) → Blödmann m (inf); to be a duffer at football/French → eine Niete im Fußball/in Französisch sein (inf)
(= silly old man) → (alter) Trottel (inf)
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