Meaning of DUFF
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| | Definition: | | [n] a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually containing e.g. currents and citron |
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\Duff\ (d[u^]f), n. [From OE. dagh. [root]67. See {Dough}.]
1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used
especially by seamen; as, plum duff.
\Duff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang]
1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance
to; to fake; hence, to cheat.
2. In Australia, to alter the brands on (cattle, horses,
etc.); to steal (cattle, etc.), and alter their brands.
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| | Definition: | | The matted, partly decomposed, organic surface layer of forested soils. |
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| | Related Terms: | | arse, bad, beat, behind, bilk, bottom, broken, butt, can, cheat, counterfeit, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, dud, fake, false, fanny, gyp, inoperable, inoperative, overreach, prat, rear, screw, tail, unworkable, useless, worthless |
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