duffer

Meanings

1. comparative form of duff: more duff

1. An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.
2. A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
3. A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
4. Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.
5. Anything substandard, such as a counterfeit or a defective instance.
6. A cow that does not produce milk or produces substantially less than her peers do.
7. A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.
8. A racing pigeon that does not perform well.
9. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.

1. A surname.

Etymology

Cognate with duff, which see (origin is uncertain).