duffer

1. (informal) An incompetent, indolent, or clumsy person.Examples: "Besides, I was anxious to take the wheel, the man in pink pyjamas showing himself a hopeless duffer at the business."Synonyms: unskilled personinformal

2. (sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.

3. (archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.Examples: "Among them are several distinct and peculiar street-characters, such as the pack-men, who carry their cotton or linen goods in packs on their backs, and are all itinerants. Then there are duffers, who vend pretended smuggled goods, handkerchiefs, silks, tobacco or cigars; also, the sellers of sham sovereigns and sham gold rings for wagers."archaic

4. (archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.archaic

5. (archaic) Anything substandard, such as a counterfeit or a defective instance.Synonyms: duff#English:_particles or detritusarchaic

6. (dated) A cow that does not produce milk or produces substantially less than her peers do.Examples: "We have some good cows in this State, but, unfortunately, we have too many duffer cows that are not only being fed and milked at a loss but are eating up a portion of the profit of the good cow which is being milked alongside them."; "The truth is that cattlemen love a typical cow for her beauty and symmetry of form; but every herd-testing dairyman knows that an ugly animal may be a good producer, while many a beautiful cow is a duffer."Synonyms: strapperdated