duffer
suomi-englanti sanakirjaduffer englannista suomeksi
tohelo, tunari
Substantiivi
duffer englanniksi
(en-comparative of)
An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
(RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness)
A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
{{quote-book|en|year=1851|year_published=1861|author=Henry Mayhew|title=London Labour and the London Poor
Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
Anything substandard, such as a counterfeit or a defective instance.
(syn)
A cow that does not produce milk or produces substantially less than her peers do.
{{quote-book|en|year=1908|title=Proceedings of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago|volume=8|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yJAsAQAAIAAJ&q=%22duffer%22+cattle+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22duffer%22+cattle+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E3FHT8bQNsWTiAeJ2PiJDg&redir_esc=y|page=116
{{quote-book|en|year=1934|author=Victorian Department of Agriculture|title=Journal of Agriculture|volume=32|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KbMIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22duffer%22+cattle+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22duffer%22+cattle+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QmdHT4a1GcnJmQX05KWBDg&redir_esc=y|page=293
A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
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(quote-book)An alert Bulloo Downs stockman contacted the police, and when Police Inspector Fitzgerald and eight Aboriginal troopers tracked Narran Jim and surrounded him while he was sleeping, the cattle duffer woke to find himself looking down the barrel of Fitzgerald′s revolver and seven years in jail.
{{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=Clancy Tucker|title=Gunnedah Hero|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AXsLCLKeQREC&pg=PT45&dq=%22duffer%22+cattle+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LG5HT8_4L4rWmAXmirWpDg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22duffer%22%20cattle%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false|page=unnumbered
{{quote-web|en|date=2015-03-11| title=Greg’s Electronic Shepherd will hear dogs and sheep duffers coming 24/7| author=Terry Sim| work=Sheep Central
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus ''Discophora''.