Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who alters the brand on cattle and steals them; a cattle thief who ‘duffs’ the cattle by altering the brand.
Examples
“Anyhow, no cattle-duffer in the colonies could have had a better pair of mates than old Sally and”
“What he had been once no man knew, though evidently he was a man of some little culture and education; what he was now was patent to every man -- escaped convict, bushranger, cattle-duffer -- even a murder now and again, it was whispered, came not amiss to Gentleman Jim.”
“They had been followed, and subsequently a man had been killed in the Grampians who had been identified as John Bradby, a noted sheep and cattle-duffer.”
“Anyhow, no cattle-duffer in the colonies could have had a better pair of mates than old Sally and Crib, if the devil himself had broken 'em in special for the trade.”
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