| 释义 |
duffing, ppl. a. slang.|ˈdʌfɪŋ|
[f. duff v.1]
1. That passes off a worthless article as valuable.
1862Lond. Herald 27 Dec. (Farmer) Houses..run up by the ‘duffing’ builder, merely for sale.
2. Counterfeit, rubbishy and offered as valuable.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour (1861) II. 19 Dealers in ‘duffing fiddles’. These are German-made instruments, and are sold to the Street-folk at 2s. 6d. or 3s. each. 1873Times Jan. (Farmer) We know now that so-called ‘duffing’ jewellery is scattered far and wide. 1883Sword & Trowel July 355 ‘Duffing’ canaries, or painted sparrows.
3. Incompetent, inept, stupid, duffer-like.
1881J. Grant Cameronians I. iii. 39 A little brilliant singing, which Hew..secretly stigmatised as ‘the most duffing caterwauling!’ |