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DUFFER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does duffer mean?
• DUFFER (noun)
The noun DUFFER has 1 sense:
1. an incompetent or clumsy person
Familiarity information: DUFFER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incompetent or clumsy person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
as a golfer he was only a duffer
Hypernyms ("duffer" is a kind of...):
clumsy person (a person with poor motor coordination)
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