Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.
Source: tatoeba (265809)
Duffer
//ˈdʌfɚ//
Synonyms for "duffer" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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Translations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- некадърник noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
- нескопосник noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
Finnish
1 entries- tunari noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
French
1 entries- tocard noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
German
1 entries- Niete noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
Hungarian
1 entries- kontár noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
Macedonian
2 entries- ду́дук noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
- нека́дарник noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
Russian
3 entries- недотёпа noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
- неуме́ха noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
- простофи́ля noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
Turkish
1 entries- çaylak noun (incompetent or clumsy person)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom is a duffer.
Source: tatoeba (9498878)
Besides, I was anxious to take the wheel, the man in pink pyjamas showing himself a hopeless duffer at the business.
Source: wiktionary
Among them are several distinct and peculiar street-characters, such as the pack-men, who carry their cotton or linen goods in packs on their backs, and are all itinerants. Then there are duffers, who vend pretended smuggled goods, handkerchiefs, silks, tobacco or cigars; also, the sellers of sham sovereigns and sham gold rings for wagers.
Source: wiktionary
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