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duffer (duf′ər)

noun

  1. Slang a peddler, as of cheap trinkets
  2. Slang anything counterfeit or worthless
  3. Informal a person, now often elderly, who is incompetent, ineffectual, or dawdling
  4. Informal a relatively unskilled golfer

Etymology: < thieves' slang duff, to counterfeit, fake

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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