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Recent Examples of duffer
For the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.
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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
Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels’ golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance).
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
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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
Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels’ golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance).
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duffer
Noun
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To our surprise, the simulation converged on a very triangular shape and decreased the clubhead’s volume.—
Michael LoRé,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Throughout an hour-long immersive simulation, college students assume the role of an individual navigating real-world financial decisions, balancing income, expenses, savings, debt, and long-term goals.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
31 July 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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The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.—
Kurt Eichenwald,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2015
Noun
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In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
17 July 2025
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On the planet, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 July 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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And when someone does cross the line, like the louts who doused cops in Harlem and Brownsville with water in 2019, most officers have shown remarkable restraint.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's tariff obsession represents another layer of this elaborate swindle.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Fero was charged last year with embezzling $400,000 from St. Kate’s, but reached an agreement with the prosecution and pleaded guilty to one count of theft by swindle.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2025
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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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