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Definition of Bluffer

1. Noun. A person who tries to bluff other people.

Definition of Bluffer

1. n. One who bluffs.

Definition of Bluffer

1. Noun. one who bluffs ¹

2. Adjective. (comparative of bluff) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bluffer

1. one that bluffs [n -S] - See also: bluffs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluffer

Literary usage of Bluffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bailey Controversy in Texas: With Lessons from the Political Life-story by William Alexander Cocke (1908)
"BAILEY, THE bluffer. How dear to the heart of the fat corporation When fond admiration presents him to view; He served us so well, in the state and the ..."

2. Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches by Allan Pinkerton (1878)
"bluffer AND THE MONTE-MEN. THAVE at present in my employ, and have had for a great number of years, at the head of one of the departments of my business, ..."

3. The Preposterous Yankee by Montague Vernon Ponsonby (1903)
"CHAPTER IV THE AMERICAN FINANCIAL "bluffer" THERE is a great danger to England in the importation of American financiers and American methods of finance. ..."

4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"I kin always tell a bluffer as far as I kin see him. ... Why, man, you ain't seen a real bluffer yet if you ain't made the acquaintance of Sheriff Collins. ..."

5. H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools by Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley (1908)
"shouted bluffer, with a vigorous slap on his fat thigh. ... I think if he had kicked bluffer out of the room—say 40^. and costs —and had let the Government ..."

6. Manual of Mining Tools: Comprising Observations on the Materials From, and by William Morgans (1871)
"The bluffer the tips, the stronger they are ; but very stumpy tips will not always cut the ground well, or penetrate it sufficiently. ..."

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