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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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