duffer

Example Sentences

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Pitino, who’s seen everything at least twice, took in the scene stoically, then walked over and shook hands with the Kansas bench, looking like a duffer conceding a putt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Imagine a duffer beating a PGA Tour player at the local pro-am.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2022

My golfing buddies say, “You are the quintessential duffer, sir.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2019

He was human; he could blow a lead or a shot like any duffer.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016

Shoot, shoot, you duffer; shoot, you goose, you ass, you great galoot, You addle-pated idiot, you nincompoop, you—shoot!

From Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.