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duff
     1. n. (dialectal) Dough.
     2. n. A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
     3. n. (Scotland, US) Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
     4. n. Coal dust.
     5. n. (slang) The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
     6. n. Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
     7. n. (baseball, slang) An error.
     8. adj. (UK) Worthless; not working properly, defective.
           Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?
     9. n. (US, slang) The buttocks.
     10. v. (slang) To disguise something to make it look new.
     11. v. (Australia) To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
     12. v. (UK, slang) To beat up.
           I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend.
     13. v. (US, golf) To hit the ground behind the ball.
     14. n. (alt form, daf) (type of drum)

Example Sentences

Beware plum duff



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