dufer

doofer

1. A name for a gadget or thing whose actual name is unknown or has been forgotten. Where's that doofer? I need it to finish this repair. Hand me that doofer or whatever it's called, will you?
2. A cigarette stub saved for later use. I knew I was running low on smokes today, so I saved this doofer.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

doofer

and dufer (ˈdufɚ)
n. a (found or borrowed) cigarette saved for smoking at another time. (It will do for later.) He takes two fags, one to smoke and a dufer.

dufer

verb
See doofer
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • doojigger
  • doofer
  • gazinkus
  • gazunkus
  • doohickey
  • doohickie
  • whatchamacallit
  • gizmo
  • doodad
  • widget
References in periodicals archive
If you're interested in becoming a member of Mensa, please contact Miriam Summerville Dufer at (720) 400-5165 or dufer.miriam@gmail.com to sign up for the test.
Central Alabama Mensa Admission Test
Dufer 48, North Douglas 0: Trevor Tibbets threw for 106 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed for 57 yards and two more scores to lead the Rangers at home.
Watson leads Millers
Dufer, "Oxidative stress and beta-cell dysfunction," European Journal of Physiology, vol.
Psoralea corylifolia L. seed extract ameliorates streptozotocin-induced diabetes in mice by inhibition of oxidative stress
(5.) Bondza-Kibangou P, Millot C, Dufer J, Millot JM.
Lateral flow assay with near-infrared dye for multiplex detection
Dufer, "Electrophysiology of islet cells," Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol.
Update on the protective molecular pathways improving pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction
Em 2008, a Usiminas adquiriu os 49% que a ThysenKrupp detinha na Dufer, distribuidora e transformadora de bobinas, passando a deter 100% do negocio (CAMAROTTO, 2008).
Strategy verticalization downstream: entry of producers in retail/Estrategia de verticalizacao a jusante: ingresso de produtores no varejo
The highest incidence of toxicity was evident in patients with serum albumin levels below 2.5mg/dl (Weissman, Dufer, Vogel, & Abeloff 1987).
Dexamethasone therapy in patients with brain tumors--a focus on tapering
Gregory Dufer looked to have saved a draw for the hosts when he struck an 85th-minute equaliser.
Ponytail is not expecting to make Euro cut
Ryan Esson's first save came when he held a 25-yarder from the wonderfully-named Gregory Dufer.
Football: SOUEY NEAR TO A WIN Gareth's the new Graeme; BELGIUM U- 21s 0 SCOTLAND U- 21s 0
Jean was born in Dufer, Oregon, and was a graduate of the University of Oregon.
Jean G. Walen
All 251 students in Dufer's school take Spanish beginning in the first grade!
Keep foreign language classes intact
The visitors were unlucky not to double their advantage in the dying seconds when a Gregory Dufer shot smacked off a post with Ryan Esson well beaten.
FOOTBALL: BELS OF THE BALL; Lightning start has Scots on the rocks