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Cosa (chi) è duffer - definizione
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Duffers; Duffer (disambiguation)
Duffer
·noun A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.
II. Duffer ·add. ·noun One who duffs cattle, ·etc.
III. Duffer ·add. ·noun Any common domestic pigeon.
IV. Duffer ·add. ·noun ·see Shicer.
V. Duffer ·noun A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.
duffer
duffer1
¦ noun informal
1. an incompetent or stupid person.
2. Austral./NZ an unproductive mine.
Origin
C19: from Scots dowfart 'stupid person'.
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duffer2
¦ noun Austral. informal a person who steals and alters the brands on cattle.
Origin
C19 (orig. thieves' sl. for 'someone who sells trashy articles as valuable'): of unknown origin.
duffer
(duffers)
If you describe someone as a duffer, you mean that they are very bad at doing something. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
N-COUNT [disapproval]
Wikipedia
Duffer
Duffer may refer to:
- Duffer (Narnia), invisible dwarves in The Chronicles of Narnia
- Duffer, in Australian English, a person occupied in cattle raiding
- A weak player in the game of chess
In biology:
- Discophora (butterfly), a genus of butterflies commonly known as duffers
- Banded duffer (Discophora deo), a butterfly found in Asia
- Common duffer (Discophora sondaica), a butterfly found in Southeast Asia
- Great duffer (Discophora timora), a butterfly found in South Asia
- Southern duffer (Discophora lepida), a butterfly found in India
Esempi dal corpus di testo per duffer
1. Well done Duffer, well done Chelsea. – Garry, Brisbane, Australia I think letting Duffer go for Ł5 million is daylight robbery.
2. Put the old duffer out to grass, before he breaks anything else! – A.
3. Thursday October 27, 2005 The Guardian From earnest duffer to visionary: one of Vincent van Gogh‘s self–portrait drawings.
4. St George by Duffer is a cool, sophisticated and edgy range with a sense of real British heritage.
5. "I spoke to Bruce to reassure him I hadn‘t called him a duffer," he insists, with the air of a little boy who has been dragged to see the headmaster.