duffer

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English - Turkish
ahmak ve beceriksiz kimse
sıkıcı ve kararsız ihtiyar adam
hıyar
dolandırıcı
hıyarağası
seyyar satıcı
beceriksiz kimse
kafasız adam
hileli kumaş vb satıcısı
her türlü hile taklit
aptal
{i} kafasız
{i} beceriksiz

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duffer, cattle
(Argo) at hırsızı
English - English
An incompetent or clumsy person
A cattle thief; one who alters the brands of cattle
Comparative form of duff: more duff
A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs
A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods
Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer
an incompetent or clumsy person; "as a golfer he was only a duffer
anybody who can beat you three times in a row
(also "hacker") an unskilled golfer Example: I could have been a contender, if only I wasn't a duffer/hacker
A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat
One who duffs cattle, etc
a cattle thief, one who alters the brands of cattle
mediocre golfer
Any common domestic pigeon
(A) now means a person easily bamboozled, one of slow wit; but originally it meant one who cheated or bamboozled To duff =to cheat Persons who sell inferior goods as "great bargains," under the pretence of their being smuggled, are duffers; so are hawkers generally At the close of the eighteenth century passers of bad money were so called Now the word is applied to persons taken in, and by artists to inferior pictures "Robinson a thorough duffer is " Alexander Smith: Summer Idyll Duglas the scene of four Arthurian battles It is a river which falls into the Ribble Mr Whittaker says, "six cwt of horse-shoes were taken up from a space of ground near the spot during the formation of a canal "
A slang term for a very poor player Also called woodpusher, patzer
(B) a poor player
(aka: "hacker") an unskilled golfer
{i} failure, loser, incompetent person; clumsy person; dunce, person who is not intelligent; (Slang) something that is worthless or useless (Archaic); peddler of worthless goods
peddler
A stupid, awkward, inefficient person
comparative of duff
an incompetent or clumsy person; "as a golfer he was only a duffer"
British colloquial expression for an incompetent, awkward, or stupid person
In the vernacular of Canoe Country, the third person in a canoe One who sits on one's "duff" while one's partners do the paddling Great work if you can get it
disapproval If you describe someone as a duffer, you mean that they are very bad at doing something. someone who is stupid or not very good at something (Perhaps from doofart )

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duffers
plural of duffer
duffer

    Hyphenation

    duff·er

    Turkish pronunciation

    dʌfır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdəfər/ /ˈdʌfɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'd&-f&r ] (noun.) 1756. perhaps from duff, n., something worthless.
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