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Recent Examples of duffer
Many duffers would pick two-time major PGA Tour champion John Daly, whose on-and-off course feats have become legend.
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
For the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.
—Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024
Unwinding with a cool glass of lemonade, the jointed old duffer in the lawn chair is simply propped in place.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
Erickson was her boat's duffer and responsible for the map, but had been too distracted socializing.
—Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024
For the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.
—Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024
Unwinding with a cool glass of lemonade, the jointed old duffer in the lawn chair is simply propped in place.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
Erickson was her boat's duffer and responsible for the map, but had been too distracted socializing.
—Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duffer
Noun
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The simulations are powered by Powered by Siemens’ Digital Twin Composer and Nvidia’s Omniverse platform – tools that create real time 3-D simulations.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Alia Shawkat stars as Fayruz, an ambitious actress determined to get her big break in Hollywood from working in the simulation despite her conflicting feelings about the war in Iraq.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Recycled pop bottles are made into carpets and seat linings, and cotton shoddy—used to make blue jeans—is recycled and turned into sound insulation.—
Katherine LaGrave,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 July 2018
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Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed—
Craig Ballinger,
Slate Magazine,
20 Mar. 2017
Noun
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As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact.—
Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
2 Nov. 2018
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Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details.—
James Fallows,
The Atlantic,
20 July 2017
Noun
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The upcoming Nike Air Max 95 OG Big Bubble in Black/Off Noir/Metallic Silver/Black flips the entire construction of the 1995 model, replacing its typical synthetic suede and mesh for a fully seamless, shell-like construction that’s paired with a nylon tongue and metal hiking-style eyelets.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Commercial synthetic and organic camellia fertilizers are available.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Suddenly, these two louts are forced to support themselves for the first time.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
29 Dec. 2025
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The drunken louts who mocked and obscenely jeered the European Ryder Cup contenders at last weekend’s event at Bethpage Black golf course on Long Island would have loved it.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From her minimum security lockup, she’s begun mounting her own social media blitz in a seeming attempt to win Trump’s favor and get sprung from prison and freed from accountability for her epic swindle.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
10 Dec. 2025
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While Yusuf was found guilty of six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle (over $35,000) in August by a jury, the decision was overturned by Judge Sarah West in November, according to KARE.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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