duffer

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Synonyms: suffer, buffer, differ, puffer, duffel, huffer, luffer, cuffer, ruffer, doffer, guffer

Antonyms: suffer, buffer, differ, puffer, duffel, huffer, luffer, cuffer, ruffer, doffer, guffer

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Adjective

1. {{en-comparative of|duff}}

Noun

1. {{lb|en|informal|chiefly|South Asia|Australia}} An [[incompetent]], [[indolent]], or [[clumsy]] person.
2. {{lb|en|sports}} A [[player]] having little [[skill]], especially a [[golfer]] who [[duff]]s.
3. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[pedlar]] or [[hawker]], especially one selling [[cheap]] or [[substandard]] goods.
4. {{lb|en|archaic}} Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
5. {{lb|en|archaic}} Anything substandard, such as a [[counterfeit]] or a [[defective]] instance.
6. {{lb|en|dated}} A cow that does not produce milk or produces substantially less than her peers do.
7. {{lb|en|Australia|dated}} A [[cattle]] [[thief]] or thief of other [[livestock]]; one who [[alter]]s the [[brand]]s of cattle.
8. A [[racing]] [[pigeon]] that does not perform well.
9. {{lb|en|entomology}} Any of various [[nymphalid]] butterflies of the genus ''[[Discophora]]''.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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