| 单词 | duffer |
| 例句 | “School Houses. There’s four. Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o’ duffers, but —” “I bet I’m in Hufflepuff,” said Harry gloomily. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When asked why he used this salutation, he said, “In life we are all masters,” countering a past champion’s chestnut, “In life we are all duffers.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Reward them with a cool apron that’s decidedly not for duffers. 15 Gifts to Make Your Host Smile 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Still another old duffer goes on and on about the heart problems that led to his death. Never mind that all of the characters are dead, ‘The Dirty Dust’ is full of life 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Paulsen was doing exactly what I’d hoped: tearing apart all of my bad habits like a swing coach deconstructing a duffer’s snap hook. ‘One Problem With Skate Skiing: It’s Hard’ 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z My golfing buddies say, “You are the quintessential duffer, sir.” Style Invitational Week 1347: Reologisms — we search for meaner meaning 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z "So the critics – five middle-aged men – didn't like it," scoffed the Ab Fab star, thus dismissing balding old duffers like, er, Miranda Sawyer in the Observer and Lisa Martland in The Stage. Jennifer Saunders blasts Viva Forever! critics and Psycho was a comedy 2013-02-12T17:51:54Z “The poor old duffer is over 180 years old and still producing,” marvels Donald Olson, author of a new travel guide to 60 of the best gardens in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. A guide to the 60 best Northwest gardens 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z However, that shame, along with Clive Dunn's later revolting capitalisation on his charming old duffer persona during the glum novelty hit single Grandad, notwithstanding, should not tarnish the truth that he created an unlikely hero. Clive Dunn in Dad's Army: stoicism, charm and furtive sausages 2012-11-07T18:38:12Z Last year, the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club opened the first year-round high-altitude European golf training center so avid duffers can practice their swing despite the snow. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Workers are commonly rotated every few years through PR, which is often a dumping ground for duffers shunned by other departments. 2010-02-14T23:00:00Z But despite, or because of, his missionary goodwill, he tended to be seen as a duffer – shy, awkward, naive. Stephen Spender: New Selected Journals, 1939-1995, edited by Lara Feigel and John Sutherland, with Natasha Spender – review 2012-08-03T21:55:00Z It was clearly not a PR exercise, just a bunch of stuff that some old duffer in the Vatican actually liked. Oops, we forgot Jesus's women 2010-07-30T11:14:00Z Can you explain the basics of how a catch share program works and how it duffers from other ways of managing fisheries? Untangling catch shares with Lee van der Voo 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z It retains Ransome's beastly rotters and duffers vocabulary, but not with a po face. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z Under a new proposal aimed at reining in distance, the game’s best golfers might soon be forced to use different equipment than weekend duffers and other amateur players. Golf leaders propose ball changes to rein in game’s longest hitters 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Rogue waves chased duffers off the oceanside 14th hole at Monterey Peninsula Golf Club, which sits just behind Pebble. Perspective | On California’s coast, humans ride out nature’s rage 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Like how he is living the dream of countless youth players and weekend duffers who would, as Wolff put it, trade just about anything to switch places with him. Matthew Wolff is working on his attitude. It’s paying off at Wells Fargo. 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Casual duffers who have spent the better part of three decades worshiping Tiger now stand in awe of Tiger’s 12-year-old. Charlie Woods Dazzles While Tiger, in Return, Grimaces and Grinds 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z The former aide referred to Conservative Party lawmakers as “morons” and civil servants as “duffers.” Boris Johnson’s ex-top aide says British leader wanted to visit queen despite risks as pandemic exploded 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Trump is the unmasked duffer clutching the wheel of a golf cart, zipping over knolls while his caddie — also unmasked — hangs off the back. Perspective | The president is golfing and exercising White male privilege 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z It was an unconscious reaction any everyday duffer would have recognized — the kind of thing golfers do when their minds are overcome by a mix of exasperation and embarrassment. Bryson DeChambeau’s Ball Search Pushes Him Out of Masters Hunt 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Harding Park, a city-owned golf course, was roamed by duffers of all abilities. How Harding Park Became a Muni Fit for a Major 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Though I saw a number of duffers keeping their distance as they teed off, I also saw others who seemed oblivious to the dangers. Opinion | Golfers aren’t immune to the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z You may see some duffers as you parallel the fairways at Brookside Golf & Country Club, and the path leads you under the shade of oak trees. L.A. Walks: Skip the Rose Bowl loop and take this woodsy path instead 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z On a recent South King County outing, I cycled by duffers on four of its 18 holes and then skirted the driving range while enjoying the picturesque river. Calling all fair-weather bikers: Here are three great spots for easy summer cycling 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z A duffer got into a fight on a Massachusetts course and had his finger bitten off at the knuckle. Good news is he immediately found a job on Wall Street 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z He was plus-10 through the first 11 holes with a scorecard that even a weekend duffer would shred: par, bogey, bogey, double, double, birdie, bogey, par, bogey, double, bogey. Mickelson, Spieth and McIlroy have horrible first rounds at U.S. Open 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Here are the grammar school generation fallen among idiotic old duffers; Funny Young Men. Has fiction lost its sense of humour? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z After "Coach," he embraced old, playing fathers and grandfathers and eccentric duffers, as a guest or recurring player on series including "Yes, Dear," "Teen Angel," "My Name Is Earl" and "Raising Hope." Remembering the one-of-a-kind Jerry Van Dyke 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Q. Making golf great again — how about increasing the cup hole’s diameter from 4¼ inches to seven inches for the recreational duffer? Perspective | Bill Belichick is simply a ‘small man who wins football games’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Minutes after his round on Saturday, Spieth’s deliberations on this routine golf dilemma would sound familiar to any weekend duffer. Jordan Spieth, Inside His Own Head, Struggles to Get Out 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z He joked about his fellow lawmakers’ lack of skill — “These are a bunch of duffers, okay? I saw them and thought, ‘I should have tried out’ ” — but his mood was subdued, dipping into sadness. At Congressional Baseball Game, hopes for less acrimony among lawmakers 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Five million golf duffers recognized him as their beau ideal, hailed him as their vindication, their excuse for living. Erin Hills rough recalls memory of U.S. Open legend ‘whose blows lifted a trout high into the air’ - Golf Digest 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z A good touch on the greens is what separates the real players from the duffers. 19 Father’s Day Gift Suggestions, From $15 to $470 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z What makes the Masters so attractive is that it is one of those rare events that seems to be on everyone's bucket list, from weekend duffers to Fortune 500 CEOs. Masters turns into Spring Break for CEOs 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z He was human; he could blow a lead or a shot like any duffer. Arnold Palmer, the Magnetic Face of Golf in the ’60s, Dies at 87 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Mind you, it’s not as if these three are duffers scrounged up at the local muny in Laramie. The Wyoming trio playing at the USGA Men's State Team Championship is a combined 174 years old - Golf Digest 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z There are many golfers playing in the pro-am, a lot of them local duffers, but the big crowds are following Palmer. ‘Who the Heck Are You?’ Asked Arnold Palmer 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z "He would get very testy if he saw us behaving like duffers, ie, in an unseamanlike way," she wrote in her book In Aleppo Once. Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connection - BBC News 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z There’s a Greek chorus of old duffers who keep the seats warm at Jack’s neighborhood bar in Melbourne. Your guide to discovering the best literary detectives on TV 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z In the Steel City, it allows us to sit in our comfy chairs and smirk as the best players in the world sweat and toil like weekend duffers. Oakmont's U.S. Open course is too hard to love, too good to hate 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z OK, as the saying goes, there are no dumb questions, only dumb duffers. This robotic training machine fits his golf game to a T 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z A rookie or little-known duffer may have strung together a few good holes or even posted a nice round, but time and pressure expose their flaws. US election 2016: Winners and losers on Super Tuesday II - BBC News 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z There are clubs and balls that duffers play with that would never be allowed on tour. Use of High-Tech Brooms Divides Low-Tech Sport of Curling 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Even their imperious greats under Border, Taylor and Waugh sometimes put their feet up when series were won – dead-rubber duffers indeed. Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fifth Test, day one – live! 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z "I hate to watch this, to tell you the truth," Weiskopf said as Tiger Woods seemed to morph into a weekend duffer. U.S. Open coverage on Fox is wild, but not too wild 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Unlike traditional duffers, disc golfers throw plastic discs similar to Frisbees around obstacles and hazards into elevated baskets. Proposed disc golf course ruffles feathers of birders 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z He looked more like a weekend duffer than a player who broke through in an emotional win in 1984 and won again in 1995. 2-time champ Crenshaw struggles in 44th and final Masters 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z There are clubs and balls that duffers play with that would never be allowed on tour. Use of High-Tech Brooms Divides Low-Tech Sport of Curling 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Even their imperious greats under Border, Taylor and Waugh sometimes put their feet up when series were won – dead-rubber duffers indeed. Ashes 2015: England v Australia, fifth Test, day one – live! 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z We duffers wield the most forgiving grade of clubs, designed to tolerate and adjust for our errant strikes. Rory McIlroy Has the Best Swing in Golf 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Golf, faced with declining youth participation in many markets, has made pace of play a major focus, both for the weekend duffers and the professionals. Every Second Counts in Bid to Keep Sports Fans 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Attention, duffers: The Seattle Golf & Travel Show, one of the largest of its kind on the West Coast, tees off Friday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 1, at CenturyLink Field Event Center. Get back into the swing at Seattle Golf & Travel Show 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z In Sunday afternoon duffers golf, you pick that one up and start thinking about No. 14. Even for Riviera's 10th hole, this was pretty amazing 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z The amateur duffer seldom beats his opponent, but he beats himself all the time. Avoiding Stupidity Is Easier Than Seeking Brilliance 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z His respectable wood and iron shots could not overshadow his chipping, which drew gasps of recognition from the weekend duffers in his galleries. Tiger Woods Is an Inspiration to Younger Stars, but Not a Threat 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z They make three hundred thousand Pro V1s here each day, balls destined to win major titles or to find the bottom of a lake after a duffer’s bad drive. How the Titleist Pro V1 revolutionized golf: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z As duffers leave the links en masse, the company is quitting as well. Dick's Gives Up On Golf 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Conservative media have predictably made a lot of noise about the doings of our alleged “duffer” and “fundraiser-in-chief,” suggesting that Obama dithers as the domestic and global situation deteriorates. The More President Obama Plays Golf, The More We Should Love Him 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Golf club manufacturers know that most duffers want to maximize how far they hit the ball, while professionals desire consistency over raw yardage. Big Boy Toys: Shake Some Righteous Golf Booty for Father’s Day As a result, many weekend duffers are left playing shots from the imprints of shoes. Pinehurst’s Challenges Will Include Footprints 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Eisenhower, for example—says Mr Smith—was widely known in his time as a “genial duffer”. Presidential libraries: Style and guile 2014-03-27T15:58:21Z An estimated 100 to 150 lucky duffers got to spend half the workday at play. In the Loop: Hey, everyone needs a golfing break 2013-11-05T01:30:07Z But on one crucial aspect of his new role - the economy - he was, by his own admission, a bit of a duffer. Home at the Top 2013-10-18T01:57:09Z But then I am a skinny playground duffer. Some Basketball Advice for Michael Jordan on Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera 2013-10-16T14:57:27Z Where Scott performed like a natural, David was a “talentless duffer” who would “chew through a crowbar” to gnaw a quarter-second off his time. Books: ‘The Sports Gene’ Considers the Root of Athletic Success 2013-08-12T22:33:04Z The demographics of golf’s fans and supporters reflects the makeup of those who play: Only one in five American duffers are women. Forget Inbee Park. The PGA Wants Women to Watch the Men 2013-07-30T15:50:00Z It’s true that there’s something endearing about old duffers who thumb their noses at newfangled modern technologies. MLB's Bud Selig Proudly Joins the Executive No-E-mail Crowd 2013-07-16T20:01:18Z And yes Mancini had sold a couple of good players and replaced them with a few duffers but what manager doesn't make the odd mistake? We sang our song about Manchester City's Mancini. We love the man 2013-05-13T12:52:48Z Does anyone really want to hear Johnny Miller telling us that some Malaysian duffer just “choked” on his approach shot at 17? Couch Slouch: ‘The Olympics without wrestling is like McDonald’s without French fries’ 2013-02-24T23:03:15Z It was all about underachieving little duffers who defied the disapproving judgments of their teachers and grew up to be great men. The Spin 2013-01-02T10:30:59Z He has just earned himself a reputation as a silly old duffer who did not realise that what used to be private conversations are now saleable commodities. Ashley Cole may be a Twitter but he didn't hang about like the FA 2012-10-06T21:50:01Z The target is hemmed in by grandstand seats, creating so little room for error that, for duffers, par would be cause for celebration. At Tour Championship, Par-3 18th Provides Its Share of Challenges 2012-09-23T02:51:55Z It never mattered a whit to the fate and future of American women whether a female gained admittance to a small closed society of 300 or so duffers in an old Civil War arsenal town. Augusta National gains stature by admitting Condoleezza Rice, Darla Moore 2012-08-21T00:11:00Z I took the huntsman for a pilot, knowing that the servant, who was my attendant, was rather a duffer at the chase. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z As one duffer said: “Just to test out.” On Par: Approaching a Ball That Bends the Rules 2012-04-22T23:43:49Z "In mental arithmetic, sir, I am mere greenhorn, rank duffer; but from cursory squint I figure them at five hundred." Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z It adds to the pangs that I suffer, When thrown at a fence in her track, To hear her "Ridiculous duffer!" Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z I'm mindin' my watches, an' don't ask no odds of you duffers. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Followed that duffer into this trap like a pup trailing a meat wagon. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z He couldn’t be a worse humbug than that old duffer. Quacks and Grafters 2012-02-23T03:00:40.650Z No game is lost until it's won; The duffer may hole out in one. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z I'm an "irritable duffer"—so my enemies declare,— That is I'm very sensitive, and play a modest game. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z All the men against me were practically duffers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z “Give the old duffer fits!” cried the leader, who was a tough young thug of about eighteen. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z And so because I'm out of luck, and that duffer has landed the chink, She 'ooks onto him like a bat to a belfry, sir! Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z The poet and philosopher does not know what any duffer knows, what anybody who cares not only for animals but for ordinary folks that own dogs cannot refrain from knowing. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Take a caddie who's a duffer, or a drunkard, or a brute, But never try a caddie with a squint!!! Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z 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. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z Why didn’t those old duffers use English, and save us poor devils no end of grinding? Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Truck salesman Duncan Gillis is one of many business duffers hoping Parliament will go further. Canadians Push to Make Golf Tax Deductible 2012-01-04T00:06:16Z “Yes; but I thought the old duffer was bluffing.” Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z ‘I—well, the fact is, I’m such a duffer in the very swagger part of the town,’ said poor Alfred; ‘and I never did know the run of the parks properly.’ A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z You're at the heartbreaking, heartaching age, and no time to spend on old duffers like me when young beauties are drooping on every bough. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Bend your head, duffer!—bend lower, you abject dummy!” Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z “Silly old duffer!” she said, smiling back into his eager eyes. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z And now, the Samba steps off the soccer field and onto the golf course in shoes for the duffer and par-breaker alike. Goal: The Adidas Samba Tees Off; and Soccer Shoes With a Chip 2011-11-30T05:36:22Z Critics say the billionaire developer’s Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., is poaching duffers from other area clubs! Donald Trump Accused of Poaching Members From Competing Golf Clubs 2011-11-28T15:39:21Z And then he muttered to himself: “This ‘duffer’ is slick and thinks he can work me, but I’ll fool him.” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The dispute over errant duffers has gone on for years. Fairfax County church takes action against TopGolf driving range for wayward golf balls 2011-11-06T01:30:00Z For that matter it's always the duffers who try the hardest. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z It's not safe for your sister,—I'm hanged if it is—going out in a boat with a duffer like Culchard! The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z "All right, then I'm off, an' after I once get on the fair grounds I'll bet that old duffer won't get hold of me." The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z OK, so Bachmann won a meaningless straw poll in Ames, Iowa -- where old duffers get a free lunch and a bus ride to the state fair in exchange for their votes. The incredible vanishing Michele Bachmann 2011-09-22T00:30:00Z It would do good if this quondam practice of matching duffers on even terms in steady old-fashioned craft could be re-introduced on the Thames. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z I admit they pull it off, but then things are arranged so that the duffers can pull them off—have to be, I suppose. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z If I hadn’t been a duffer, Miss Dale, I might have placed your sister immediately when I met 159 her, for I have had the minutest descriptions of you both, I assure you. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z "Are you goin' to help find his goods after all that old duffer has threatened?" The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z Kitty was no "duffer" with the leather, having been assiduously coached by a critical brother who was in the Kirkton Grammar School eleven, and tolerated neither lobs nor half-volleys. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z It enables the steerer to keep his eyes on his stern-post, and to guide his course thereby in confidence, without repeated twists round to see if any loafing duffer is going to smash his timbers. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Any quiet old duffer, who has been accustomed to let things go their own way without interfering, preferred. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, October 29, 1887 2011-08-20T02:00:11.307Z “There!” she exclaimed, “you knew I would never eat it alone, even if you are a duffer!” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z That poor duffer in the poem who asked to be laid low, wrapped in his tarpaulin jacket—surely, undertakers never sing of him. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Back at the country club, Branca eyed four duffers through the restaurant window. For Branca, an Asterisk of a Different Kind 2011-08-15T03:08:23Z Criticism is inevitable, doubly so for courses that must accommodate birdie-bingeing pros one week per year and double-bogeying duffers on the others. For Jones, a Canvas of Green 2011-08-13T16:36:52Z He was a victim of the cut and his duffer’s game. On Par: Live Blog: Follow the P.G.A. Third Round Here This Afternoon 2011-08-13T13:16:17Z But it all fell apart at the 11th hole, which Woods played like an average duffer. Woods heads home after missing cut in Atlanta 2011-08-13T00:07:54Z Mickelson in some ways fancies himself the conscience of the weekend duffer, a fervent believer of “the more, the merrier.” On Par: Mickelson No Fan of Some Rees Jones Course Designs 2011-08-11T21:16:11Z When he returned he said: “Glad you thought of it, Dan; the poor duffer’s putting that pilot bread away as though he hadn’t seen a square meal in an age.” Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Many of the squatters of to-day in Australia are the descendants of cattle "duffers," as their nondescript herds amply testify. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z “Why, the old duffer is as happy as a house afire,” said the boy. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z "Those duffers couldn't hurt anybody, so long as they couldn't get to their guns." The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z For myself, I have often imagined my grandson listlessly turning over one of my favorite illustrated volumes, and saying, “What a funny old duffer grandad must have been!” In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z If the old duffer comes while we’re gone he can wait till we get back.” Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z It came after he had fought himself out of the duffer class and had reached the point where he was too good for the bad ones, but not considered good enough for the topnotchers. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z ‘Play!’ said Esau, with the utmost contempt, ‘you awful duffers, it’s in the sonnets; I dare say you never read all of them.’ Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z He might be a duffer in some respects, but he was not deficient in pluck, and had been one of the first to volunteer in the search. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I really didn't think I had done so well, for I'm a duffer at figures. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z I had considered him as an old duffer; but I had learned that he was a quiet, thoughtful, progressive business man. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Beautiful alpine setting — marred only by the loud shorts and shouts of local duffers! On Par: Best of the Worst: Readers' Bad Course Recommendations 2011-05-26T22:44:49Z I guess I do alright for a duffer then. Monday Qualifier: David Toms' Big Bounce Back 2011-05-23T04:00:00Z Now, rest the gun against your right shoulder—you young duffer, that's your left shoulder; I said your right. That Little Beggar 2011-05-21T02:00:09.877Z Why, you duffer, we've only just come down from the Homestead. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Designers unveiled a cutting-edge golf ball guaranteed to make even the worst duffer's drives fly straight. Another reminder that 'fan' is short for 'fanatic' | Sideline Chatter 2011-05-15T00:11:05Z When he was 14, an obsessive reader of golf instruction books, he was offering unsolicited — and possibly incorrect — advice to hapless duffers. Focused on the Swing, Not the Score 2011-05-11T00:56:47Z But he's just a harmless old duffer, Hall. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z Ask any weekend duffer: a slice — a left-to-right curve — is effortless, even disturbingly natural. From Where They Stand, It Looks Easier 2011-04-06T00:54:04Z You see, I'm too old to learn from the little boys, and the big fellows won't have anything to do with such a duffer as I am. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Blackett always had an idea, so he told me, until he became acquainted with the Admiral, that sailors were duffers where horses were concerned. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z "I'm an awful duffer not to have guessed that Geoffrey's being out would keep you awake." Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "Those duffers sit in their studies and make a sort of tea of dry old words—and think they're distilling the spirit of wisdom," he said. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Lots of men who are really only forty-two behave like sixty, and I know one old duffer of forty-nine who has the manners of eighteen. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z Poor old duffer!" he said, earnestly, "he was awful fond of life. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z We had a duffer of a waiter who understood very little English, so Mrs. Thompkins spoke to him in French, and such French! Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Holes that are unreachable in two to weekend duffers are treated as birdie manna from heaven by the pros. Tiger Woods stays in play with 3-under 69 | Hole-by-hole 2011-01-28T04:51:00Z He had no patience whatever with shiftiness, intrigue and favoritism, the appointment of mere duffers to positions of high responsibility. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Who are the two duffers down there at the bottom? Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z “Alack and well-a-day,” he cried, “A duffer must I ever be, A duffer I have lived and died A duffer through Eternity.” Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z I had to go to the stable and look over the horses, and tell Adam that everything was fine, before the old duffer would rest. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z On the other two, he drove it like a weekend duffer. Tiger Woods stays in play with 3-under 69 | Hole-by-hole 2011-01-28T04:51:00Z At any rate, he seems a duffer to have failed to murder the old chap both times. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z What kind of a duffer would he be if he hadn't tried to square things? Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z I know I'm an awful duffer," assented Kingsland, "but when he came up behind me and asked questions about it, I was so staggered I let him take it right out of my hands. Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Of course, it is a great deal for you, and I am no such duffer as to chuck away ten florins every time I buy a horse. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z I know moneyed men, and I daresay you know others, who are duffers outside their special lines. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Busyness is all bunk, of course; made for duffers. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z But aching shoulders are actually among the most common overuse tennis injuries, being both democratic and insidious, robbing professionals and duffers of playing time and comfort. Phys Ed: How to Fix a Bad Tennis Shoulder 2010-09-08T04:01:00Z It was a dream and a belief in the power of a symbol — the decades-old little box had sent off all the great golfers of the 20th century, countless duffers, and presidents and kings, too. "Play Away Please": Chasing a Passion and Paying the Price, Happily 2010-07-09T17:25:00Z It was what duffers call military golf: left, right, left, right, left, right. Celizic: Maybe this is the Tiger we should expect 2010-04-29T23:36:00Z His putting needs work, veteran duffers say, but his tee shots ran very impressive hook and fade patterns. For sports-talk hosts, Ozzie is filet mignon 2010-04-17T03:17:00Z Like a duffer, he left it in the trap, and when he made bogeys at 4 and 5, he was going in reverse. Phil Mickelson wins third green jacket after trying year 2010-04-12T04:00:00Z It will never become hopeless for the duffer, nor fail to concern and interest the expert. 'Old' Soul 2010-03-30T00:00:00Z Before Woods, pro golfers weren’t easily distinguished — physically anyway — from weekend duffers. Magazine Preview: The Tiger Woods' Bubble 2010-03-24T16:50:00Z You hustle the "Friend" folks and I'll "round up" these duffers. The Bread Line A Story of a Paper If—if I do not prove such a—a—what do you call it?—duffer as I fear, then I might sometimes enter into the competition; but that, I imagine, will not be. The Man Who Rose Again Your artistic genius may be a duffer at a sack race, and your crack pianist a butter-fingers with a ball. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life And as to the House, which often suffers From talk that to dreariest platitude reaches, It does not often allow its duffers To make long after-dinner speeches. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories I am a good mind to take a ran down to Rockhaven," continued Weston meditatively, "and get better acquainted with this old duffer Hutton and the rest. Rockhaven "It's entertaining, but enough of a thing—" But the old duffer caught his sleeve. The Haunted Pajamas Mind you, the duffer will get never a leg up, and before any one gets a lift he has to show himself worthy of it. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life "I wish I wasn't such a duffer in the bush," said Ives, resolved to make the most of the first lady he had met for months. The Shadow of a Man "Who is the duffer, anyway?" called Duncan from behind. With Edge Tools "Do you mean that I used to snub you—and make you feel a duffer?" she then asked. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece "Rather fancy your chap's the same one I know of," I drawled, "an oldish duffer—white mutton-chops—beefy sort of face—sunburn line and baldish—all that sort of thing!" The Haunted Pajamas A duffer who couldn't even win a golf game that belonged to him, because he was rattled! Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play "Nobody, not even the most hopeless duffer at gym, could make an utter mess of them, surely," she thought to herself, and ordered the ladders to be let down. Just Gerry The mayor does the act, and after it's over we poor duffers who haven't particularly distinguished ourselves will give a parade and drill. An Amateur Fireman I feel a regular amateur—a duffer——" "Oh, dear Nurse Harding! Shadows of Flames A Novel I, too, am an awful duffer at arithmetic! The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith "A duffer at golf, like everything else!" ran his own bitter comment to himself. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Unfortunately, too, she was a hopeless duffer at games, never having played any before coming to school. Just Gerry I can get the duffer over there for seventy-five cents, by sendin' him with the emigrants. An Amateur Fireman If that duffer Gerald dies without begetting a proper little Conservative," he had said, "our little chap's chances may be knocked out, by a seat in the Lords. Shadows of Flames A Novel "I think we're duffers not to come more often, you know." Plashers Mead A Novel You know our father and mother died when I was a little duffer, and Hessie's been an A1 sister ever since. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 I know I’m an abject duffer, but there it is—I can’t face it.” Man and Maid "Then I'll see that that duffer holds his tongue!" and Bill started toward the would-be detective in a threatening manner; but the latter was not minded to take any chances of an encounter. An Amateur Fireman ‘What a silly duffer I am!’ she cried joyfully. The Youngest Girl in the School He revenged himself for having been proved a "duffer" at her own games. Ewing\\'s Lady We understand—we’re not quite the duffers you make us out. Leerie I’m only trying to give the poor little duffer a good time. Man and Maid The reason is that he's a duffer; wants to lay back smokin' an' have the dollars come rollin' in without his raisin' a hair. An Amateur Fireman Those wretched duffers at home hurried every soldier out of the country the instant the fighting was over, and if the Boers really mean business we shall have no end of trouble. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars The buffer retired, and in came a duffer who said the occasion was not convenient. International Short Stories English "God!" he thought to himself, "to be hungry like this and not be a beggar or a criminal, just a duffer of a gentleman of no account!" Fairfax and His Pride “Poor, pretty little duffer!” he said, as he closed the envelope. Man and Maid "I didn't try; but when I started in without bein' mixed up with a crowd of duffers like you, I soon put the thing through." An Amateur Fireman By disposition he was easy-going and good-natured enough, and bore the reputation among his brother Civil servants of being something of a duffer. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion "Why, nothing, you young duffer," said Oswald, who could now smell the coffee. The Wouldbegoods Not a blessed cigarette with me, Mr. Narkom; and you know what a duffer I am if I can’t smoke when I’m trying to think. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Then was the time to turn out our star man, usually the junior-est officer, and set him up to show that we were not such duffers, after all! Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war I reckon Sam Barney will get green when he sees it, an' Bill's hangin' 'round so's to make certain that duffer hears 'bout it the first thing. An Amateur Fireman But to my tale—'All right,' says I, 'A bargain be it, I comply; A stroke a hole—I tak' your offer, Altho' you treat me like a duffer.' A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews She went that way," pointingly remarked H. O. "Then fetch her back, you young duffer! The Wouldbegoods To think that you've got that old colonial blood in you too, and are related to a lot of those old duffers one sees in the public parks. Ancestors A Novel “Say,” said the bouncer, concerning the old man, “dat ol’ duffer’s got de angel goods on him O.K.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Of course, the old man was up; I don't believe that old hook-nosed duffer ever sleeps. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures As it stands, I feel an incompetent "duffer." James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports “Personally, I am a duffer in matters connected with the turf,” he explained. Cynthia's Chauffeur The entire population consisted of one, a little duffer with a white goatee and thick lensed spectacles, wearing boots, chaps and a silk hat. Mars Confidential "We are a lot of duffers!" muttered Mac. Aliens "Oh, shut up, you old duffer!" he answered irritably. The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson It would have taken at least forty seconds to tear through them, and in that time he could most assuredly snap off all six chambers, however big a duffer he might be. The Recipe for Diamonds If he had not been Teeny-bits' father, they might have thought he was a queer old duffer. The Mark of the Knife And because that man is a duffer who thinks the creative artist is allowed to feel. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Whoever he was, he cannot write; he is humane, but a duffer; I could weep when I think of him; for surely to be virtuous and incompetent is a hard lot. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) "Well, what's eating him, the old duffer, I wonder?" growled Holmes. The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson "That head man of yours is a duffer," she said sharply, pointing a very earthy trowel at the unconscious figure of the gardener, who was busy in the middle distance digging potatoes. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts You had better send the cheque for it, Lucy, and then let the old duffers know of it afterwards. Sir Tom It's no good," he exclaimed aloud; "I feel a perfect duffer this morning. The Brass Bottle Colors, forms, sparkle, golden haze–a painter must be dead or a duffer to leave before the gay glory of it faded and was dispersed in the gray dawn. Aurora the Magnificent But Shorty Burke, who was the acknowledged college genius, said of him, "Shafer seems to think that he's the only man since Keats, and all the rest of us are duffers." The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales I prevailed upon these big duffers to read it by their flashlights, and it had its convincing effect upon them. Confessions of a Neurasthenic He was one who could not bear to hurt a fellow-creature's feelings, even those of an old duffer whose recollections were all of the bygone ages. Sir Tom "If you had not behaved like a set of duffers who had all lost their heads, I could have told you that myself," said Hal crushingly. A Tale of the Summer Holidays "That's Mr. Herrick, or I'm a duffer at guessing," he said to Romper, who was just behind him. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Joe turned his head and exchanged a smile of meaning with Dutchy, and both men shifted into an easy pose, as much as to say, “Well, we’ve found the cattle duffer for you.” The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country You see, I’m not such a duffer really. The Law-Breakers Why, you little duffer, you don't suppose I'm going to send a bullet into that bear taking aim at that angle? Audrey Craven I have an idea that you make a good deal better noise out of it than most of these old duffers would do. The Dominant Strain "You're not a duffer, for here he comes to welcome us," said Ray Martin, who had overheard the remark. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Why didn't you run for it sooner, you duffer? Soldiers of the Queen He soon got used to the Grammar School, and the Grammar School got used to him, setting him down as a hopeless duffer at learning, but respecting him for a generous, honest nature. The Rainbow Ted, you duffer, do you really care so much? Audrey Craven A wife’s like a claim—she may prove rich, or she may turn out to be a duffer.” The Tale of Timber Town Come on, you duffers, and get these things unloaded. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters "I suppose you think a thorn hedge and a bit of board would stop a bullet, you duffer!" Soldiers of the Queen “I guess the old duffer has it in his pocket, the same as he has the key to the trap door.” The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street Mr. Biggs said something about duty being duty, and my father said: 'Come, Oswald, don't be a young duffer. Oswald Bastable and Others In this way the owner of a duffer claim participates equally with the owner of a rich one. The Tale of Timber Town The "duffers" arrived with a rush and in a twinkle the boxes were being removed from the sleigh in a manner quite violent, and this to the imminent peril of the contents. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters If he had a chance he might make beautiful music some day, like them big duffers what wrote the operas, you know. Divided Skates Once in a while he turns to the clerk and says, ‘We’ll give this old duffer twenty bucks.’ Young Alaskans in the Far North “Awfully jolly,” replied Miss Florence, in a sharp, clipping voice; and the next minute Bessie heard her call one of her sisters a duffer for missing the ball. Our Bessie He told us that a crazy duffer had gone about over the desert for years digging wells, but at last he struck water. Letters on an Elk Hunt I am afraid I am rather a duffer, and shall not make my mark in the world. Not Like Other Girls “I tried and she turned me down—said she had promised the old duffer the whole dance.” The Comings of Cousin Ann Then, too, they are such duffers—such bunglers—that they are quite capable of giving that Jules his liberty!... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas "Well, she's not a duffer at thorough bass anyway," Rosa put in. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The musty old duffer, too, looks upon the game in the light of a deadly sin, which can never be associated in his mind with anything short of idiocy and the most virulent fanaticism. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches But of these excavations the majority were duffers. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia But I'm a duffer at musical instruments—always was. The Dop Doctor No one could have expected a cousin of ours to be a chicken-hearted duffer. The Magic World "Tony, you duffer, let me assure you he is very much in earnest, and he means to take me from you," said Myra. Bandit Love Men have come through, ’tis true, and tenderfeet at that, and duffers, at that. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies A mine is said to duffer out, when it has ceased to be productive. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia “My dear,” he said, “I’m such a duffer at games.” The Rough Road It is easy to show the possibility that many a duffer was led toward the production of the homunculus by erroneous interpretation of the procreation symbolism occurring in the alchemistic writings. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts “Hold on—you mean the old duffer who lived up Wildcat Canyon?” demanded Penhallow. Across the Mesa "What a duffer I was to think the jewels were just to make the thing look pretty!" burst out Christopher, when his father had finished. Christopher and the Clockmakers I’m sorry I’m such a duffer as to faint at the critical moment, when I might have been of some assistance to you. The Mystery of the Green Ray I was coming eleven Clark was just past seven, two old and experienced duffers to go west for freedom. Black Beaver The Trapper I’m good and tired of this fake Bishop business, and if I don’t jolt the old lady out of that nonsense, I’m a duffer. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Yet I saw some poor little duffers on the East Side the other day trying to play soak with a tattered old ball, which kept getting lost under the push carts.” Penguin Persons & Peppermints "Those duffers don't know how to use a raft," said Harry contemptuously, after he had been watching the workmen for some moments. The Hero of Garside School He must have been a duffer to lose that race we had. The Mystery of the Green Ray “Obstinate little duffer,” he said affectionately to himself. The Indifference of Juliet Put his dunnage into the second mate's room, and make that duffer in the scuppers bundle his traps into the forecastle. The Grain Ship He had been a nice old duffer, Wilson, always ready to do Colihan a favor. The Success Machine You are a worse duffer than I thought, though I don't think you are a tell-tale.' That Scholarship Boy The G.E. was apparently a duffer at arithmetic, but she tells you so in a way that makes you admire her for it. Marge Askinforit "Duffers" they are, and "duffers" they will be, to the end of their days. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. A duffer—a duffer whose trash doesn't sell——! The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts The old duffer who ceased to fall in love was doomed. The Prodigal Father You're just as much of a duffer as ever, to think such a thing,' he added. That Scholarship Boy I wonder if anyone would think of haste in connection with that duffer. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar But," and a new note crept into Penfield's voice, "did you see that old duffer who was with her? The Silver Butterfly What between these Chinks and that crazy old duffer, they have got me in a nice mess. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands "We've kept the things, you little duffer!" said Dicky, looking at the pudding sitting alone and uncared for on its dish. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune That game don't pay except for duffers,' he said in a tone of contempt. That Scholarship Boy I knew one boy who was a duffer at mathematics. A Dominie in Doubt He'd got lost, poor old duffer, among these inferior crossroads, and didn't know whether he was in China or Oklahoma. Rita Taught by some clumsy worn-out duffer who belonged to the old school! The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne "What do you suppose I suppose you want to get water from the other side for, you young duffer!" replied the brutal official. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Just so, but it is very good as a test, and of course we are not such duffers as to try to treat more than a couple of thousand tons of tailings with acid. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 "Of course, you are aware," he continued to bolster his assertion, "that the road has been bought by an immensely rich lot of Pittsburg duffers——" The stenographer half rose in her chair. The Daughter of a Magnate V. That the huge plate, therefore, is an offence—its undertaking an unbecoming display of determination and ignorance—its accomplishment a triumph of unthinking earnestness and uncontrolled energy—endowments of the "duffer." The Gentle Art of Making Enemies I'm such a duffer at explaining, or I'd have told you last night. A harum-scarum schoolgirl No one asked you if you did, you young duffer. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story Albert, there are plenty of dunderheads and duffers like me in the country who are good for nothing better than cannonfodder. Greener Than You Think "A voice from the megaphone asked for me, and when I requested the name of 'the party speaking,' as Clarke says, it replied with an oily chuckle, exactly like the old duffer, 'It's old Loggy.'" The Tyranny of the Dark You old duffer, aren’t you two the best friends I have in the world? Jewel Weed Instead of being a hero he had again become a mere duffer, a blunderer, had played the fool. Walter and the Wireless Don’t you see, you old duffer you, that if we shut up shop and retire into private life, everybody will be thinking we daren’t hold up our heads? The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story What did I tell them, the duffers and dunderheads? Greener Than You Think It would never do to leave Tom with those duffers. Viking Boys There was a couple of duffers hangin' round the other depot waitin' for the train, an' I wouldn't wonder if they was the ones. Messenger No. 48 A Crowded, gas-lit, stuffy hall, A prosy speaker, such a duffer, A mob that loves to stamp and bawl, Noise, suffocation—how I suffer! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 Somehow, someone should tell the duffer that all horse players die broke, or that if he could make a living I'd be out of business. The Big Fix Bob Linn was dealing up stairs at the time, and he afterwards said that when the bloody duffer fell to the floor, that all the checks on the table trembled like aspen leaves. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi "I must go up with him," said Harry; "those duffers might do some harm." Viking Boys There was an elderly gentleman playing who could not stop the balls—a slim one was hit on the nose—they were a set of “duffers,” in fact. Pickwickian Studies I hurry out, and find, next door, Another meeting and its speaker; Another crowded, stuffy hall, A frantic shouter, greater duffer, A mob more prone to stamp and bawl, Noise, suffocation still I suffer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 When summer suns beat down upon it His head is sheltered by a bonnet; And though it makes him look a duffer, He hasn’t half the heat to suffer. A Horse Book Why didn't you introduce me to the old duffer? Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune "He would be a rank duffer who couldn't dance with you, Nell," he said. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Why, I’ve heard two duffers cry out the same thing at once to me. The Gypsies The former may have been a duffer at the manœuvre himself, but that did not bother him now that the position had changed. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century For who can love a duffer so pallid, weak and thin, who seems resigned to suffer and let folks rub it in? Rippling Rhymes The first thing on the program was an old duffer dodgin' in and out around the bushes and trees like he was tryin' to lose somebody. Shorty McCabe We won't go aloft till you have got your togs; a fellow going aloft in landsmen's clothes always looks rather a duffer. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt I wish I had thought to ask a waiter who the duffer is. The Lure of the Mask “The astronomers must be duffers,” said Prince Ricardo. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son I haven't been able to get a dollar out of the old duffer since I left college. Frank Merriwell's Races Leonidas and Homer were ahead with Ase Homer and the old duffer that started the row, and the debate was still goin' on. Shorty McCabe The Spaniards are not such duffers as we thought them. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) When she heard of that duffer's death I swear that she believed you had a hand in it. The Lure of the Mask “I’ll agree with you there, Tonald, just to convince you that I don’t always duffer,” said the argumentative Highlander, rising to assist his not less argumentative friend. The Big Otter "She is a fine woman," continued Brady, "and a fine-looking one too, as Dr. Cricket will testify, for on my soul I think the old duffer wants to marry her." Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes I believe that Cooper’s Deerslayer with his old-fashioned rifle was a duffer after all, and the wonderful shots of the trappers all bluff.” A Dash from Diamond City What sort of a duffer would he have appeared had he been obliged to reply ‘No’? Clayhanger I have never had any practice, and you will find me an awful duffer.” Dr. Jolliffe's Boys “How?” said Jobson; “why, you know, how does every body learn?” and then he was polite enough to call me a duffer. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life I could not make much of Burrows, who is a duffer; but Fagan has his wits about. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War I know I’m a bit of a duffer in such matters as this, so I’ll leave you to thresh it out alone, and turn in for a good night’s sleep—eh, what?” The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa What’s the good of asking me when you measured it yourself, you duffer? The Master of the Shell “Yes; I told you I was a duffer,” replied Crawley, who took note that the best way was to wait for the bird to have done his zigzagging. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys What school is without its duffer, I wonder? Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life “A set of duffers, those chaps,” said the sergeant in charge of the party, a young fellow named Barton, of good parentage, and Kavanagh’s particular friend off duty. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War “I should have thought he was rather an inoffensive duffer,” suggested Silk. The Willoughby Captains I didn’t ask you anything about jumping, you duffer! The Master of the Shell There’s only one duffer here that can do as much as me and Booms put together, and that’s you. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Of course, none of us answer to the name, but we all know somebody who does, and it’s a curious thing nobody ever thoroughly dislikes a duffer. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "The old duffer is crazy for sure," thought Bernardo, nevertheless doing as he was told. Brazilian Tales “Don’t be a young duffer,” said the hero, by no means displeased at the threat; “they would laugh at the notion.” A Dog with a Bad Name Why, you duffer, of course he could get out any time he liked. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Besides, any duffer can do work like that.” Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life However that may be, we had a glorious duffer at our school, who got himself and us into all sorts of scrapes, and yet was quite a favourite among his schoolfellows. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Shy and lonesome he was; but after you got to know him, one of the brightest, jolliest old78 duffers. Shorty McCabe on the Job “Half an hour later, we should have had to tramp on the soft sand— Lookout, you duffer!” Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton If I couldn't get up a better language than those old duffers used to write their books in, I'd lie down and die. Robert Hardy's Seven Days A Dream and Its Consequences Sullen Boers may prove bores to a man of less tact, A duffer funk wiles Portuguesy—tuguesy; But Dutchmen, black potentates, all sorts, in fact, To Rhodes the astute come quite easy—quite easy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 10, 1892 He’s about the one sort of character nobody knows how to deal with, for he sets everybody else but himself down as duffers. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Last Christmas you were a perfect duffer at it. For the Sake of the School I was a duffer at it till she showed me what she was after. Under the Country Sky Highly probable A hundred duffers flourish on my fame; But the Muse is so peculiarly rob-able, And I am very little known—by name? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 Of course, my dear critic, the ancient Aryans were just doddering—the old duffers: or babbling, the babes. Fantasia of the Unconscious Now, the question is, is it altogether Billy’s fault he is such a duffer? Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "Get up out of that and unpack your bag, you lazy duffer." Left End Edwards Oh, don't be a duffer," the latter said, "and drop that eyeglass. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti For there I was, a confirmed duffer, playing that course exactly as Alexander McQuade would have played it had he been in my shoes. Torchy As A Pa That is one of the symptoms of the golf duffer. Torchy and Vee Fancy a boy saying this to himself at cricket, while a ball is flying beautifully towards him, an easy catch, even for a duffer. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life I suppose I am rather a shabby old duffer to be visiting the offices of great and good corporations. Torchy, Private Sec. He was just telling himself not to be a duffer when Lucy cried out in a loud cracked-sounding voice, 'Daddy, oh, Daddy!' and sprang forward. The Magic City There are no doubt some mere intellectual obscurities in the ideal which I might make simpler if I were not such a duffer. Letters to His Friends At the end of three weeks I was still a duffer. Torchy and Vee Yes, it’s our fault in a certain measure that Billy is the awful “duffer” he is. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "That duffer Waldstricker's come along with me," she told her in a low tone. The Secret of the Storm Country What duffers they are, with their eyes on the ground! Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy The merest duffer can usually succeed in following out the first two of these precepts, but to accomplish the third requires often a master's art. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble This kid finds me skinning a couple of old duffers and forthwith he sets about to skin me. Watch Yourself Go By The great philosopher Newton once appeared in the light of a great duffer. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life That rich duffer air had his way too long. The Secret of the Storm Country That chief with the iron toes is a shrewd old duffer. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Not because you are a duffer, but because I can't spare my right-hand man. The Great Amulet His companion stopped short as the first one said: "Der's de old duffer; let's work him." The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs He got it into his head he was a duffer, and therefore did not take the pains he might have done. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "I don't want to be a duffer," Biddy said. The Tragic Muse "Oh, there be lady duffers," Anthony apprised him. The Lady Paramount "We get lost, you big duffer," said Bill. Bob Hunt in Canada "I say, you are a duffer to suppose that clever men like schoolmasters bother their heads about such rot as the colour of a woman's hair." The Farringdons Newton was absorbed with other things, and Billy was thinking of nothing, and yet both he and Newton were duffers, which goes to prove that without care any one may belong to that class. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life You duffer, you talk like a bloomin' British chump on whom the sun never sets! The Third Violet A funny part of the whole business was that the little duffer in the bus, who was attached to that troop, thought that Tyson was the hero of the occasion. Tom Slade's Double Dare "Well, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride, as some old duffer said." Tom Slade at Temple Camp Shut up there, you old duffer," said he, looking at me in a stupid, expressionless sort of a way, "you are not hurt yet. Born Again Ah! he was an unsympathetic duffer, and knew nothing of the raptures of winning a three-legged race. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Oh," cried Hawker suddenly, filled with rage, "you remind me of an accursed duffer! The Third Violet "By Jove!" he added, "Hester is the name of that major duffer whose message to Sir Jeffry caused my delay; I wonder if they can be relations?" At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear They've tried the old duffers' dodge of blanketing the horses' hoofs. The Lost Valley They are all dead, and have long lined up in the fields of elysium; If they were here we would wipe up the ground with the rusty old duffers. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) However, whatever excuses we may make for Billy, he was undoubtedly a duffer. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Certainly it does, or I wouldn't paint it so, duffer. The Third Violet Just think of waiting for a golden wedding anniversary with a duffer like me! From the Housetops But, sir, I didn’t take nothing—it’s just as I told the old duffer. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World So the duffers followed us, instead of our following them, and on we came, all clear, with the good wishes of the officers and the crews. Voyage of the Liberdade Don’t despair, if you are a duffer, for you may cure yourself of it, if you will only think and take your time. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life I'm a duffer at dancing, so I've taken cover in here. A Popular Schoolgirl He bellowed at him to go and search for it, and with wicked delight we watched the duffer going back over the route, peering from side to side of the road in his vain search. S.O.S. Stand to! What was it that comical old sermonizing duffer had ranted about? The Freebooters of the Wilderness "Ye know where that rich duffer's house be what ye heard Middy Burnes speak about?" From the Valley of the Missing If we are not quick-witted, it does not follow we have no wits, and if we only use them carefully, we shall be no greater duffers than some of our sharp fellows. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life He who 'misses the beginning' makes his comrades all to suffer, Spoils the swing, and is a nuisance; turn him out, for he's a duffer! Sagittulae, Random Verses "The old duffer seems to be quite human." The Strange Case of Cavendish Mr. Bat Brydges was revising his inventory of the old "duffer." The Freebooters of the Wilderness That bright-eyed duffer what I hate laughed when I said ye was a Prince. From the Valley of the Missing Billy’s great fault was that he was too ready to believe others who called him a duffer. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "Then it's a canoe, you duffer, not a sail." In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa In addition, there were a number of men called "duffers," who used to walk inland wearing coats in which a hundred-weight of tea was concealed between two layers of cloth stitched together. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 "I suppose," he remarked absently, "it's our duty to go down and dig those dead duffers out." The Freebooters of the Wilderness She came even closer as she said: "I'll do anything you want me to—'cause ye be the best ole duffer in New York State!" From the Valley of the Missing Don’t take it for granted you are a duffer because any one tells you so. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life There's no wheat in Central Africa, you duffer! In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa "Marjorie," answered a beard-muffled voice, "your single word's worth more than all in that old duffer's poems," which the lady took as an indication that her patient was improving. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life That the story of Svengali and of Trilby's voice is a good story only a duffer would deny. Adventures in Criticism A fellow may be a duffer generally and yet turn out Latin verse better than fellows who are vastly superior to him on other points. The Queen's Cup Find it out for yourself, and when you’ve found it out—“don’t be a duffer!” Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "What sort of a duffer were you expecting to see?" Arms and the Woman He wouldn't have been such a duffer as to walk too far out of his way—if he was bent upon going there at all.... The Riddle of the Frozen Flame Ruskin so belaboured the poor ancients about their landscapes that when I was a youth he had taught me to believe that Claude and Ruisdael were mere duffers. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses "That cold duffer coming aboard to boss us all around like cattle?" burst from Eph Somers, as he stamped out from the engine room. The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts “Those duffers will never be able to get up all that Greek in the time,” I said to myself, “and not one of them knows an atom of mechanics.” Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life If I ever meet that watch dog of hers, the Count von Walden, the duffer who gave me my congé, there will be trouble. Arms and the Woman Believe me, Nigel, old boy, the Law's the greatest duffer on earth. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame “What can that duffer Thornton be about all this long time?” asked Barton. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses "Well, anyway, with farm labor at a premium, I'm not going to stay aboard to black the duffer's shoes." The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts The duffers in the buffet didn’t even know what a dough-nut was! Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life "Gretchen," said I, as I jumped into bed, "whoever he was, he must have been a duffer." Arms and the Woman "Oh, Owen Murray is just a town-bred duffer," said Matthew, as he shouldered his last sack of grain. The Golden Bird And the job was put up by the old duffers; Stetson was only let in to clear the old chaps when the truth should be known. The Wedge of Gold "I'm going to Jake Farnum and ask him, straight, whether that snob of a duffer is going to be put in here over us, with leave to kick us out when he chooses." The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts Nothing but grit and man-muscle to drag them a small matter of two or three thousand miles up the current of the most eccentric old duffer of a river in the world! The River and I Nearly every one born in the colonies learns to ride as a boy, and not to be able to ride is to write yourself down a duffer. Town Life in Australia Just one of you duffers say 'boo' to me! The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm It was all about branding a female calf; "duffing it" was the vulgar term, and to call a settler "duffer" was more offensive than if you called him a murderer. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Don't think I am such a duffer that I can't sail a boat myself, but my mother is so nervous about the water that I take a professional sailor along to keep her from worrying. Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid Oh, thank you," said he, "but I'm afraid I should show myself such a duffer. Prince Fortunatus When I think of the other light-headed duffers who call themselves gentlemen … Pah! The Voice in the Fog This would go to prove that, comparing him with the Boer, the British infantry soldier is not such a duffer with his weapon as some of those in authority were in the habit of asserting. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 Besides this patriot, there were a few horse-thieves and hog duffers on the prairies, but these, when identified, were either stretched under a tree or sent to Texas. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Would you love an old duffer like me? The Day of the Beast Oh, yes, that will do first-rate; I'm a duffer at shooting, you know, Miss Cunyngham, but I'm a splendid forager at a picnic. Prince Fortunatus Oh, of course, I'm an awful duffer and all that! Little Eve Edgarton I'm one of those unfortunate duffers who have too much imagination—the kind who build their own chimeras and then run away from them. The Ragged Edge I am not afraid of anything, you little duffer. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn A well-meaning duffer with a task before her that needs brains. Captivity Maybe the purpose gets clouded—I'm afraid I'm an awful duffer at saying what I mean. Love Stories "I say, if the Chinks up where the Boxers are fighting are big and strong as them duffers, here's one that don't want no shore-leave!" commented someone, as we stood ranged by the side. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative You may chip, you may wallop the ball if you will, But the slash of the duffer will cling round it still. More Toasts But, of course, he could not ask a tell-tale duffer of a girl to do anything for him. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn "You know, Louis, you're an awful duffer!" she said, and turned away. Captivity "It's only in little things that don't matter, but a fellow feels such a duffer." Love Stories His skill is shown in his manner of teeing a ball, and no duffer ever "addressed" the sphere or "waggled" his club so as to deceive those who know the game. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life "Behold His Nibs!" shouted Glass, the actor, "the luckiest duffer that ever hit a high-ball!" Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories And I called her a duffer for not running away and letting all my pegs go crooked in the ground. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn "The bearded hermit is no duffer," thought Mr. Barker. Doctor Claudius, A True Story A comparatively unphilosophical mind may let such plausible assertions pass unexamined, but a more philosophical mind will say to itself, when it comes across them, 'You great duffer, aren't you going to ask Why?' Recent Developments in European Thought The links are 3,327 yards out and 3,002 yards in, a long and sporty course, the delight of the true golfer and the terror of the duffer. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life He was quite used to having people set him down as a harmless, worn-out old duffer, and he did not object to this conception of his character. The Brimming Cup Old duffers of my age—" "Don't say that," she said; "that is pleading guilty to the indictment, and reverting to the old footing. The Younger Set Lady Victoria was somewhat surprised to see him tread the slippery deck with perfect confidence and ease, for she thought he was something of a "duffer." Doctor Claudius, A True Story Well, you see, I'm to go into the Bank some day: and I expect my father thinks I shall be just as big a duffer at that. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales If Miss Harding is beautiful enough to overcome the handicap which always attaches to the golf duffer, she can give Venus all sorts of odds and beat her handily. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life She was riding with a duffer, and wiped her nose as I drove by in the street car, and I think she is struck after me.” Peck's Compendium of Fun If the carpenter who erected that structure for the Capulets charged more than ten dollars currency he swindled the noble old duffer infamously. Mary Anderson A Duffer I may be, but not such a duffer as to reason with a woman. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892 I'm not such a duffer but that I can understand how you feel. The Street Called Straight "I don't know much about this game," chuckled Harding, overtaking me at the foot-bridge, "but so far as I can see, this man of Bishop's isn't exactly what you folks call a duffer." John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life "By Jove, I'd like to do something to show her I'm not the blooming duffer she thinks I am." Truxton King A Story of Graustark It happened that they had pitched in as one of the foremen some fellow or other, a friend of the firm's, a rank duffer, who pestered me incessantly with his questions. Widdershins And as for those duffers, your confidence suffers To tug at the sceptre, with vain thoughts of swaying it, What can it matter? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891 A rather too generous allowance is, of course, a direct incentive to waste or stealing—as any one but our silly old duffer of a War Office would know. Mr. Britling Sees It Through It's not safe for your sister,—I'm hanged if it is—going out in a boat with a duffer like CULCHARD! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 "Enough to make my fists talk to anybody who thinks I'm a duffer," answered Dol, squaring his shoulders as if to make the most of himself. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Gee, but it's fine to eat something some other poor duffer has cooked! The Adventure Club Afloat "Got it and quit two weeks after we left New York, the duffer," added "Hay." A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" "It's maddening to think what duffers we gentlefolks are!" Marcella He was very shy; always thought that he was despised by other boys; and was a duffer at games, which he avoided to the utmost. Youth and Sex "Say," said Bud, across the head of the herd, "yer could slap that old duffer across the face with your hat, and he'd apologize." Ted Strong's Motor Car Howard was one of these dissipated duffers who later on would settle down as a miraculously respectable and incapable G.P. The Dark House Such a noodle as he The title of "duffer" would dignify You've given up hope about him, and so now You would have us "make room." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 What do you take me for, you old duffer? Greatheart You mustn't be angry, darling, but, really, I had no idea you were such a duffer at grammar. Love I came up with them a ways back, and made the old duffer halt, but the jock potted me and got away. Ted Strong's Motor Car Dawdling duffer, he sprawls across the well in one of his infernal �sthetic attitudes, picks the best swim, and girds at us who have to handle the poles. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891 I am afraid I should not have let that infernal duffer off so easily. Mr. Isaacs And, after all, Ellis was not such a duffer as all that at the works. Tales of the Five Towns If you want bogus leaders sham soldiers to handle, You'll now have to take duffers, deadheads, and cads! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891 Wouldn't that make the doctor mad, though--what was the old duffer's name, anyway? Out of the Ashes With a modern rifle, the greatest duffer on earth can creep up within killing distance of any of the big game of the North. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation As in the previous contests, three classes of performers quickly manifested themselves—the expert, the man of workmanlike skill, and the absolute duffer. The Rules of the Game Harry: I used to think Santa a pretty jolly old duffer, who made lots of sport for the infants, but I'm ready for a change myself. Christmas Entertainments This is what he meant you to do, Buzz, you duffer. The Daredevil "But, it never does to be too positive that a fellow is a duffer," mused Prescott grimly, as he gripped the leather. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps I'm almost ashamed to be sitting here with two such cold-blooded duffers. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor "Now, if you disgrace me, you old duffer, I'll use you as a decoy!" The Rules of the Game Nevertheless he held that calculations were relatively easy, and that he could do them as well as the driest duffer in the profession when he set his mind to them. The Roll-Call "What a duffer you are, Joseph," said Bräsig, thrusting his red face through the green leaves which surrounded him. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes They had a solitary woman with them who had discarded a duffer husband, and who looked very self-reliant, indeed, being girt about with bowie-knife and revolver, but otherwise not alarming. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 "Of course, if you did actually need two duffers like——-" broke in Cadet Holmes. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor And don't look at me like that, you old duffer. The Knave of Diamonds "Why, you little duffer, don't you see the bridge is too low?" A Perilous Secret "You see, the old duffer hasn't a tooth in his head, and he was only talking gum-Arabic." Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Sure; those two duffers coughed up money in a stream. The Case and the Girl Had he been young, he would have said, with that variety and suitability of epithets so characteristic of this generation: "I am awfully sorry! how awfully stupid of me! what an awful duffer I am!" Nancy As it was, I left school entirely innocent, very solitary, very modest, thinking myself a complete duffer, and everyone else a beast. Father Payne As he followed to put a pillow under his sister's head Alec looked as if he would like to knock at least one of the "duffers" down. Strawberry Acres The train-robbers were such thoroughgoing duffers at the trade," I said, "that if they had left their names and addresses they wouldn't have made it much easier. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 Swindlers of every description, among which are Macers, duffers, and ring-droppers. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832 That's all very well, you duffer," she said; "but how am I to get at him? Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life Airplanes are by all odds safer than taxis—and no end safer than the infernal duffer who's been chaffing you would be if I could once get my hands on him. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 He thought prison had made his brother a fearful duffer not to know that. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth |
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