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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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These simulations enable trainees to practice responding to complex crisis scenarios in a safe, repeatable environment.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Computer simulations will be used to design the optimal shape and ensure the structural integrity of the natural fiber rotor blades.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 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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Fanning knows exactly to add a slightly Pollyanna-ish aura to her opportunistic yet optimistic synthetic, as well as a cold, menacing vibe when playing her evil synth twin.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Furthermore, he’s paired the Yautja named Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) with Elle Fanning’s Weyland-Yutani synthetic known as Thia, who’s heavy on words and light on legs.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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But cybersecurity experts believe many are coming from the same criminal organizations in Southeast Asia that have been linked to other high-profile swindles in recent years, like romance scams on dating apps.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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