Doffer vs. Duffer

Doffernoun

A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.

Duffernoun

(informal) An incompetent or clumsy person.

Doffernoun

A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Duffernoun

(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.

Doffernoun

A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards.

Duffernoun

(archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.

Doffernoun

A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Duffernoun

(archaic) Cheap or substandard goods sold by a duffer.

Doffer

A doffer is someone who removes () bobbins, pirns or spindles holding spun fiber such as cotton or wool from a spinning frame and replaces them with empty ones. Historically, spinners, doffers, and sweepers each had separate tasks that were required in the manufacture of spun textiles.

‘doffs’;

Duffernoun

A cow that does not produce milk.

Duffernoun

A cattle thief or thief of other livestock; one who alters the brands of cattle.

Duffernoun

A racing pigeon that does not perform well.

Duffernoun

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.

Duffernoun

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.

Duffernoun

A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.

Duffernoun

See Shicer.

Duffernoun

Any common domestic pigeon.

Duffernoun

One who duffs cattle, etc.

‘Unluckily, cattle stealers are by no means so rare as would be desirable; they are locally known as duffers.’;

Duffernoun

an incompetent or clumsy person;

‘as a golfer he was only a duffer’;