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poofter noun- a homosexual male AUSTRALIA, 1903
Variants include “pooftah” and “poofdah”. - What’s wrong with you? They’re only bloody poufters when all’s said and done, and i told you I’m not trade. — Criena Rohan, Down by the Dockside, p. 215, 1963
- — Criena Rohan, Down by the Dockside, p. 215, 1963
- Bloody poofdah. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 95, 1965
- Those big, muscle-bound boneheads who romp so beautifully on our beaches are not regarded as poofters simply because they rather shoot a wave than chat to a bird. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 106, 1967
- You think I’m a poofter, then, don’t you? — Alexander Buzo, Norm and Ahmed, p. 4, 1969
- [I]’d say you were a poofdah! — Barry Humphries, Bazz Pulls It Off!, 1971
- Mincing pansy, head-shaking poofter[.] — The Times, 15 March 1973
- Fackin’ [fucking] lesbians and pooftahs running the education system. — Donald Gorgon, Cop Killer, p. 109, 1994
- [T]he first thing we saw was a man with pink hair. “For fuck’s sake!” cried Pat. “What’s this? A poofters’ convention?” — Chris Ryan, Stand By, Stand By, p. 62, 1996
- an effeminate looking man, not necessarily homosexual AUSTRALIA, 1903
Also variant “poofta”. - They’d play around like poofters, with the kid gloves and the soft soap. — D’Arcy Niland, The Shiralee, p. 207, 1955
- These kids were cissies and a lot of poofters and I disliked most of them. — William Dick, A Bunch of Ratbags, p. 132, 1965
- A real man. What a change after all these pallid poufters. — Barry Oakley, A Salute to the Great McCarthy, p. 139, 1970
- Fuckin’ wowsers and poofters! — Peter Corris, Make Me Rich, p. 105, 1985
- Baz said I’d always been a bit of a poofta and gave me a smack on the forehead and a handful of French Blues. — Stuart Browne, Dangerous Parking, p. 4, 2000
- a contemptible person AUSTRALIA
Used as a general term of abuse. - You’ll soon learn that most opposition players, coaches, officials and supporters are poofters. — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 58, 1986
- a braggart NEW ZEALAND
- “I don’t like my boss,” he said. “He’s a stuck-up poofter and he makes mistakes.” — Geoffrey Chevasse, Integrity, p. 40, 1990
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