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duff adjective no good, inferior, useless UK- In the ring the joey [clown] was a “drip” (useless chap) from the “gaffs” (fairgrounds) and a lot of acts were “duff”[.] — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 31, 1953
- “I bought six cars last week at an auction and four of them are duff.” “What do you mean duff?” “I’m sorry I mean they are no good.” — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 112, 1958
- So Lester ends up giving one of these duff fifties to Tucker. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 101, 2000
- 97% of “genuine antiques” are forgeries, fakes, duff, dud, Sexton Blakes, sham, lookalikes, replicates, all meaning worthless. — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 50, 2003
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