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Duff
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What's The Definition Of Duff?
[n] a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually containing e.g. currents and citron
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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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