- Old duffer!
- Старый хрыч [чёрт]!
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Old duffer!
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duffer — [“dafa* ] 1. n. a foolish oaf; a bumbler. □ Some old duffer is weeding our garden for us. He’s lost, I think. □ Pete’s just a duffer he’s not really serious at it. 2. n. an unskilled golfer. D Those duffers up ahead are holding up the game. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
old timer — Synonyms and related words: Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, ancient, antediluvian, antique, back number, centenarian, conservative, dad, dodo, dotard, elder, fogy, fossil, fud, fuddy duddy, gaffer, geezer, golden ager, gramps,… … Moby Thesaurus
old man — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, Don Juan, Father Time, Lothario, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Romeo, abba, amoroso, antediluvian, antique, back number, beau, benedict, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, centenarian,… … Moby Thesaurus
duffer — Noun. An inefficient or stupid person. E.g. What! You went out with that old duffer ? Derived from duff . Derog … English slang and colloquialisms
duffer — inept person; old man, especially bad golfer, 1842, perhaps from Scot. duffar dull or stupid person, from dowf stupid, lit. deaf, from O.N. daufr, with pejorative suffix art. Or perhaps from 18c. thieves slang duff (v.) to dress or manipulate an… … Etymology dictionary
duffer — [duf′ər] n. [< thieves slang duff, to counterfeit, fake] 1. [Old Slang] a peddler, as of cheap trinkets 2. [Old Slang] anything counterfeit or worthless 3. Informal a person, now often elderly, who is incompetent, ineffectual, or dawdling 4.… … English World dictionary
duffer — [[t]dʌ̱fə(r)[/t]] duffers N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a duffer, you mean that they are very bad at doing something. [BRIT, INFORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] Waugh was a duffer at cricket … English dictionary
Duffer — This interesting and unusual surname, recorded in London church registers from the early 17th Century under the variant spellings Dufaur, Dufoure, Dufore, Dufaire, Duffer, Du Foir, Du Four etc., is of French topographical origin from residence… … Surnames reference
old-timer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, veteran, old hand or soldier, warhorse, oldster. See age. Ant., youth, newcomer. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. veteran, old hand, senior, moss back, *antique, *fossil, Methuselah, gray… … English dictionary for students
duffer — /duf euhr/, n. 1. Informal. a. a plodding, clumsy, incompetent person. b. a person inept or inexperienced at a specific sport, as golf. 2. Northern and North Midland U.S. an old man, esp. a dull or indecisive one. 3. Slang. a. anything inferior,… … Universalium
duffer — noun (C) old fashioned someone who is stupid or not very good at something … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
