duffer

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Recent Examples of duffer 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 Playing on the same course as some of the game’s greatest golfers can do that to a duffer like me, or any golfer, no matter their skill level. oregonlive, 5 July 2021 See All Example Sentences for duffer
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Noun
  • However, newer simulations indicate the trip may have been closer to 2 ½ to four months, Scarpetta said.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The new study's simulations showed roughly one to two supernovae occur each century in galaxies like the Milky Way.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed
    Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
Noun
  • 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
  • The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
    Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
Noun
  • Her work bridges theory and application, beauty and function, the natural and the synthetic.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Use Natural Fibers No synthetics were available in the Middle Ages, so look to natural fabrics like linen for tablecloths and napkins, wool blankets, and silk or cotton drapes.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • And last year's $30 million in romance swindles was up from 2023's $24.4 million.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Among the top swindles is one in which people extort money by pretending an arrest warrant has been issued for the victim, Smith said.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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