duff

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  1. noun A stiff flour pudding boiled in a cloth bag or steamed.
  2. noun Decaying leaves and branches covering a forest floor.
  3. noun Fine coal; slack.
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  • It is more common, though, at least with this reader, for a duff sentence to cast a shadow; to make you regard what follows it with added suspicion. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • A winger to please as duff is ready for footballing scrap heap! —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • Recent Comments mrejr8234: duff look-alike are you saying duff look-alike as in hilary duff or guns n 'roses duff? mrejr8234: i would date and marry meghan mccain just so i could get some of that family money. —  The Big Lead
  • A years wages for the whole team probably cost less than a combined weeks wage for Owen, duff, viduka and smith. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • HF / DF, pronounced "huff-duff", was the term used in the Battle of the Atlantic in locating German submarines. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Dialectal variation of dough.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. Another form of dough (with f from gh, as in draft = draught, dwarf, etc): see dough.
 

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