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(informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.

(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.

(archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.

(archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.

(archaic) Anything substandard, such as a counterfeit or a defective instance. +

(dated) A cow that does not produce milk or produces substantially less than her peers do. +

(dated) A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.

A racing pigeon that does not perform well.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus ''Discophora''.