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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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At Unbound, Griffin also oversees the Global Classmates program, which connects students in the United States with sponsored children around the world to promote empathy and global awareness through educational resources like poverty simulations and awareness trips.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Numerical simulations and a theoretical quantum model validated the experimental results, confirming that the two phonon modes were indeed in the ultrastrong coupling regime.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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 unlined upper is made from a blend of cotton, wool and performance synthetics, resulting in a material that feels noticeably thicker (yet just as breathable), and, frankly, more luxurious than its peers.—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
17 Sep. 2025
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Recently raised tariffs on overseas products, as well as continued growth in demand for natural food colorings around the world, could place an even greater burden on companies switching from synthetic to natural dyes, says Manning.—
Alice Park,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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That’s the memorable insult that James Kennedy (the DJ of the group) hurled at Tom Sandoval (the resident lout) last season after Sandoval — who had a girlfriend — became romantically involved with Kennedy’s ex-girlfriend.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2024
Noun
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Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Originally from Oklahoma, Findley had moved to southwest Missouri not long before the Graceland swindle began, and was using aliases that included the name Naussany to harass and threaten local business owners.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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