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Definition of Duffs
1. duff [n] - See also: duff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duffs
Literary usage of Duffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Church Missionary Society: Its Environment, Its Men and by Eugene Stock (1899)
"... his Influence and Death—duffs Departure—Bishop Milman—Milman at CMS Stations—Chota
Nag- pore—Bishops Douglas and Gell—The Indian Government on Missions. ..."
2. A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Joseph Galliari Rampini (1897)
"... Earls and Marquises of Huntly and Dukes of Gordon ; the Grants, Lairds of
Grant and now Earls of Seafield; and the duffs, Earls now Dukes of Fife ..."
3. My Colonial Service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia by George William Des Vœux (1903)
"... favourable comment—Visit of Gordon duffs—Suffer from sunstroke—Ordered to
England—Illness on voyage. /ANUARY 2$th.—Received a telegram from Rawson ..."
4. The Popular Rhymes of Scotland: With Illustrations by Robert Chambers (1826)
"... duffs ; for, though the foolish, the unambitious, and the disappointed,
usually .ascribe success in life to luck, the wise man knows that skill alone ..."
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