Antonyms for duffer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : duhf-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌf ər |
Definition of duffer
Origin :- "inept person; old man," especially "bad golfer," 1842, perhaps from Scottish duffar "dull or stupid person," from dowf "stupid," literally "deaf," from Old Norse daufr, with pejorative suffix -art. Or perhaps from 18c. thieves' slang duff (v.) "to dress or manipulate an old thing and make it look new."
- As in bungler : noun person who blunders
- As in butterfingers : noun a clumsy person
- Diplomatists never do know anything official, do they, Duffer dear?
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- My dear sir, perhaps you don't know that my nickname since the age of five has been 'Duffer?'
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- But Duffer dear, honestly and truly it isn't for myself I'm afraid.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- What do you think of me, Duffer—and after all the proofs we've just had of the dangerous creature I am?
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Lend a hand, Duffer, and we'll give him to the Nubians the girls have brought.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Yorke would get hoisted over me, and I should be laughed at for a duffer.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- There is no false modesty in the confidence with which I esteem myself a duffer, at fishing.
- Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang
- "That duffer Waldstricker's come along with me," she told her in a low tone.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- I ain't held it all these years to let it go now fer a duffer like him.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- I'm such a duffer at explaining, or I'd have told you last night.
- Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
Synonyms for duffer
- addlebrain
- blockhead
- blunderer
- bonehead
- botcher
- bull in a china shop
- bumbler
- bungler
- butcher
- butterfingers
- clod
- clumsy oaf
- clunker
- dolt
- donkey
- duffer
- dunce
- featherbrain
- fool
- foozle
- foul-up
- fumbler
- goof off
- goofball
- harebrain
- idiot
- ignoramus
- incompetent
- klutz
- lummox
- mismanager
- muddler
- muffer
- numskull
- schlep
- screw up
- spoiler
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