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Definitions for Duffer

[1] Informal . a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person. a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf.
[2] Northern and North Midland U.S. an old man, especially a dull or indecisive one.
[3] Slang . anything inferior, counterfeit, or useless. a peddler, especially one who sells cheap, flashy goods.
[4] informal a dull or incompetent person
[5] slang something worthless
[6] dialect a peddler or hawker
[7] Australian slang a mine that proves unproductive a person who steals cattle

Words related to Duffer

clod, donkey, dunce, blunderer, butterfingers, klutz, dolt, bonehead, idiot, butcher, botcher, incompetent, fool, numskull, blockhead, ignoramus, bumbler, spoiler, foul-up, goofball

Words nearby Duffer

duff, duff up, duffel, duffel bag, duffel coat, duffer, duffle coat, duffy, dufus, dufy, dug

Origin of Duffer

1835–45; perhaps Scots dialect duffar, dowfart “dull, stupid person,” derivative of dowf; def 3 perhaps re-formation with duff3 + -er1

Word origin for Duffer

C19: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Duffer

blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, botcher, bumbler, butcher, butterfingers, clod, dolt, donkey, dunce, fool, foul-up, fumbler, goofball, idiot, ignoramus, incompetent, klutz, numskull, spoiler, addlebrain, clumsy oaf, featherbrain, goof off, harebrain, mismanager, muddler, muffer, screw up