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- duff "buttocks, rump," 1830s, of unknown origin.
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Duff — steht für: Duff (Familienname), der Familienname Duff Duff Inseln, zu den Salomonen gehörende Inselgruppe Mont Duff, ein Berg auf den Gambierinseln HMS Duff, Schiff der britischen Marine Daf (Musikinstrument), eine Gruppe von orientalischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Duff — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Duff puede referirse a: Las islas Duff, en el océano Pacífico y pertenecientes a las Islas Salomón. Duff McKagan, bajista de Guns N Roses El adufe, un instrumento de percusión utilizado en el mundo árabe y en la… … Wikipedia Español
duff up — or duff over To beat up • • • Main Entry: ↑duff * * * ˌduff ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they duff up he/she/it … Useful english dictionary
Duff's — may refer to: Duff s Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA Duff s device, computer science implementation by Tom Duff See also Duff (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
duff — dụff 〈Adj.; nddt.〉 glanzlos, matt, dumpf [vermutl. zu taub] * * * Duff [dʌf], Alexander, schottischer presbyterianischer Missionar, * Moulin (Perth) 26. 4. 1806, ✝ Sidmouth (County Devon) 12. 2. 1878. Seit 1830 (mit Unterbrechungen) als erster… … Universal-Lexikon
Duff — (d[u^]f), n. [From OE. dagh. [root]67. See {Dough}.] 1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Duff — (d[u^]f), n. the buttocks; as, get off your duff and get to work. [slang] Syn: rump; ass. [] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
duff|er — duff|er1 «DUHF uhr», noun. Informal. a clumsy, stupid, or incompetent person: »He was clever at mathematics but a duffet English. The helicopter is still too tricky for the average road duffer to fly (Scientific American). ╂[origin uncertain]… … Useful english dictionary
Duff — (d[u^]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. In Australia, to alter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Duff [2] — Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant, engl. Politiker, s. Grant Duff … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Duff — m Scottish: short form of various Gaelic compound names containing the element dubh dark, black. In modern use it is in part a transferred use of the surname Duff, originally a nickname for a person with dark hair or a swarthy complexion … First names dictionary
