DUFFER Definition & Meaning

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duffer

[ duhf-er ]

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noun

Informal.
1. a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person.
2. a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf.
Northern and North Midland U.S. an old man, especially a dull or indecisive one.
Slang.
1. anything inferior, counterfeit, or useless.
2. a peddler, especially one who sells cheap, flashy goods.

duffer

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noun

informal.
a dull or incompetent person
slang.
something worthless
dialect.
a peddler or hawker
slang.
1. a mine that proves unproductive
2. a person who steals cattle

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of duffer¹

1835–45; perhaps Scots dialect duffar, dowfart “dull, stupid person,” derivative of dowf; duffer def 3 perhaps re-formation with duff ³ + -er ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of duffer¹

C19: of uncertain origin

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He still a path to the right green after taking relief, only to look like a duffer down at the local muni when he chunked a wedge into the water.

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Under a new proposal aimed at reining in distance, the game’s best golfers might soon be forced to use different equipment than weekend duffers and other amateur players.

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Rogue waves chased duffers off the oceanside 14th hole at Monterey Peninsula Golf Club, which sits just behind Pebble.

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Can you explain the basics of how a catch share program works and how it duffers from other ways of managing fisheries?

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When asked why he used this salutation, he said, “In life we are all masters,” countering a past champion’s chestnut, “In life we are all duffers.”

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