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sclaffer

/ˈsklæfə(ɹ)/

sclaffer noun: one who sclaffs.

Noun

sclaffer (plural sclaffers)

  1. One who sclaffs.
    • At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154

Forms of sclaffer

pluralsclaffers

Origin of sclaffer

From sclaff + -er.

Questions about sclaffer

What does sclaffer mean?
Sclaffer means one who sclaffs.
What part of speech is sclaffer?
Sclaffer is a noun.
How do you pronounce sclaffer?
Sclaffer is pronounced /ˈsklæfə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of sclaffer?
The plural of sclaffer is sclaffers.

Words near sclaffer in the dictionary

  1. SCJPs
  2. Sclafani
  3. Sclafanis
  4. sclaff
  5. sclaffed
  6. sclaffer
  7. sclaffers
  8. sclaffing
  9. sclaffs
  10. Sclanders
  11. sclarene

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