duffer

Plural: duffers

Noun

• A clumsy, ineffectual, or stupid person; a slow learner.
• an incompetent or clumsy person
  • "as a golfer he was only a duffer"
• An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
• 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.
• Anything substandard, such as a counterfeit or a defective instance.
• A cow that does not produce milk or produces substantially less than her peers do.
• A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
• A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.

Adj

• comparative form of duff: more duff

Examples

• Even a duffer can win at Words With Friends with a lucky letter draw.

Synonyms

duff#English:_particles or detritus, rustler, strapper, unskilled person