duffer

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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

Still another old duffer goes on and on about the heart problems that led to his death.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2015

As one duffer said: “Just to test out.”

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2012

He's a kindly old duffer; always doing things for folks and going out of his way to help a neighbor and things like that.

From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various