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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 personplay

  Familiarity information: DUFFER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DUFFER (noun)


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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