Duffer

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Duffer \Duf"fer\, n.
     One who duffs cattle, etc. [Australia]
  
           Unluckily, cattle stealers are by no means so rare as
           would be desirable; they are locally known as duffers.
                                                    --Baden-Powell.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Duffer \Duf"fer\, n.
     1. A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles,
        as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng.]
        --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.[Slang]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Duffer \Duf"fer\, n.
     1. (Mining) See {Shicer}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Zool.) Any common domestic pigeon.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  duffer
       n : an incompetent or clumsy person; "as a golfer he was only a
           duffer"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "duffer":
     arab, blockhead, blunderer, boob, bungler, butterfingers, clumsy,
     dimwit, dolt, dope, dub, dumbbell, foozler, foul-up, fumble-fist,
     goof, goofball, goofer, hawker, hick, higgler, huckster, idiot,
     ignoramus, incompetent, lummox, lump, monger, muff, muffer,
     numskull, oaf, ox, roadman, rube, slob, stumblebum, stumblebunny,
     vendor