duffer:
(plural: ‘duffers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘u’ rhymes with the letter ‘u’ in the word “but”)
a duffer, dull-witted and uninteresting
an old foolish person;
a dull-witted or uninteresting person;
a slow learner;
an inexperienced or clumsy player in a sport, especially golf;
a person who sells cheap things moving from place to place; a peddler;
(in Australia) a cattle thief,
a duffer at golf
Katrina was greatly disappointed when she learned that she was to pair with Khamis in the quiz contest because he was a duffer and a loser.
Though she is an excellent swimmer, she is just duffer at basketball.
When he first came to the city, Nicholson started his life as a duffer, selling cheap articles and hand-made toys, but, with his business acumen and hard work, he gradually built a multimillion dollar toy factory!
In Australia, duffers are punished severely once they are caught; however, there are still cattle mustering and nobody knows who the next duffer will be.
There are duffer in every field: there are duffers in sports, there are duffers in business, there are duffers in crime and there are duffers in politics!
a duffer, selling cheap article
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