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US
/ˈdəfɝ/
]
[ UK /dˈʌfɐ/ ]
[ UK /dˈʌfɐ/ ]
NOUN
-
an incompetent or clumsy person
as a golfer he was only a duffer
How To Use duffer In A Sentence
- Later she took the impenitent young 'duffer' a tea cunningly designed to appeal to his rebellious heart, and spread it neatly on the big dimity-covered box in his bedroom; but Dick was implacable. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy
- At length, perhaps, all are rewarded by the welcome sight of a tiny trickle in one corner, or perhaps the hole turns out a "duffer," and the weary, weary work must be commenced again in a fresh spot. Spinifex and Sand
- Yes, it's our fault in a certain measure that Billy is the awful "duffer" he is. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life
- He is the lovable old duffer with the frantic, ants-in-the-pants commentating style.
- Having queued in order to buy a paper, some old duffer just walks in front of me in order to get served.
- He made him a life peer in 1998 along with a whole load of other buddies once he'd shipped out some of the old duffers with legislative reform.
- Don't you think something should be done about it, or at least tell the old duffers to stop making fools of themselves?
- It doesn't matter if you're a duffer or a scratch golfer, there are a wide variety of courses with unique layouts and challenges for golfers of all skill levels.
- All the aforesaid dufferdom, therefore, increases the burden of the taxpayer. Yet Again
- It's part flea market, part international bazaar, part Dufferin Mall.