DUFFING

Proper noun

Duffing

A surname.

Verb

duffing

present participle of duff

Source: Wiktionary


DUFF

Duff, n. Etym: [From OE. dagh. . See Dough.]

1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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