2syllables
duffer
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Definitions ofduffer
1adjective
- Worthless; not working properly, defective.
Example: "Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?"
1noun
- An incompetent or clumsy person.
- A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
- A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
- Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
- A cow that does not produce milk.
- A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
- A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.
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