Duffer
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Duffer may refer to:
- Duffer is a common word in Northern California for a "sifter" used to separate A grade material from B grade material and "shake".
- Duffer (Narnia), invisible dwarves in The Chronicles of Narnia
- Duffer, as in "Swallows and Amazons", by Arthur Ransome: '.....if not duffers, won't drown. Better drown than duffers.'
- Duffer, in Australian English, a person occupied in cattle raiding
- A weak player in the game of chess
In biology:
- Discophora (butterfly), a genus of butterflies commonly known as duffers
- Banded duffer (Discophora deo), a butterfly found in Asia
- Common duffer (Discophora sondaica), a butterfly found in Southeast Asia
- Great duffer (Discophora timora), a butterfly found in South Asia
- Southern duffer (Discophora lepida), a butterfly found in India
See also
- The Defence of Duffer's Drift, a 1904 book by Ernest Dunlop Swinton