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duffer

duf·fer

UK/ˈdʌfə/ US/ˈdʌfɚ/ rare archaic dated informal

noun

1.

an incompetent or clumsy person

  • “as a golfer he was only a duffer”

Origin

Cognate with duff, which see (origin is uncertain).

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