duffing

See also: Duffing

English

Verb

duffing

  1. present participle and gerund of duff

Adjective

duffing (comparative more duffing, superlative most duffing)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Like a duffer; incompetent or worthless.
    • 1875, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, editor, Belgravia, a London magazine, page 41:
      'I don't comprehend your meaning, Mr. St. Leger,' was the respectful reply.
      'What a duffing old file you must be, then! Caractacus, of course.'

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
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