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duffer
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?f?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?f?/
- Rhymes: -?f?(?)
Adjective
duffer
- comparative form of duff: more duff
Noun
duffer (plural duffers)
- (informal) An incompetent or clumsy person.
- (sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
- (archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
- (archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
- A cow that does not produce milk.
- 1908, Proceedings of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Volume 8, page 116,
- We have some good cows in this State, but, unfortunately, we have too many duffer cows that are not only being fed and milked at a loss hut are eating up a portion of the profit of the good cow which is being milked alongside them.
- 1934, Victorian Department of Agriculture, Journal of Agriculture, Volume 32, page 293,
- The truth is that cattlemen love a typical cow for her beauty and symmetry of form ; but every herd-testing dairyman knows that an ugly animal may be a good producer, while many a beautiful cow is a duffer.
- 1908, Proceedings of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Volume 8, page 116,
- (Australia, dated) A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
- 2011, Clancy Tucker, Gunnedah Hero, unnumbered page,
- The cattle duffer?s escape would have been impeded by those young ones. Calves can be unruly unless you move them carefully in the company of their mothers.
- 2011, Clancy Tucker, Gunnedah Hero, unnumbered page,
- A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.
Synonyms
- (incompetent person): see Thesaurus:unskilled person
- (livestock thief): see Thesaurus:rustler
Translations
Anagrams
- ruffed
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duffel
English
Alternative forms
- duffle
Etymology
From Dutch duffel, named after Duffel, a town in Belgium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?f?l/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
Noun
duffel (countable and uncountable, plural duffels)
- A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
- (US, colloquial) Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.
Derived terms
- duffel bag
- duffel coat
Translations
Anagrams
- duffle, luffed
Dutch
Etymology
From the Belgian town of Duffel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?.f?l/
- Hyphenation: duf?fel
Noun
duffel m (plural duffels, diminutive duffeltje n)
- duffel coat
duffel n (uncountable)
- duffel (cloth)
Derived terms
- duffelcoat
Descendants
- English: duffel
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