duffed
duffed is the simple past and past participle of duff.
Meaning of duff
Verb
duff (third-person singular simple present duffs, present participle duffing, simple past and past participle duffed)
- To disguise something to make it look new.
- To sell spurious goods, often under pretence of their being stolen or smuggled.
- A person once taken-in by smuggled handkerchiefs, or anything, won’t deal with a hawker again, even though there’s no deception. But ‘duffing,’ and all that is going down fast, and I wish it was gone altogether.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
- To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
- To hit the ground behind the ball.
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Questions about duffed
- What is duffed the simple past and past participle of?
- Duffed is the simple past and past participle of duff.
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