Duffer-out, verb. phr. (Australian miners’).—To get exhausted.
1887. Finch-Hatton, Advance Australia. He then reported to the
shareholders that the lode had duffered out, and that it was
useless to continue working.
Duffing, ppl. adj. (colloquial).—False; counterfeit; worthless; Cf.,
Duff and Duffer.
1862. London Herald, 27 Dec. ‘Answers to Correspondents.’ Houses
burdened with ninety years’ repairing leases and heavy ground rents
are run up by the ‘duffing’ builder, merely for sale.
1873. Times, Jan. We know now that so-called ‘duffing’ jewellery is
scattered far and wide over the land.
1877. Five Years’ Penal Servitude, ch. iii., p. 239. A ‘shise’
half-bull and a ‘duffing’ tanner: half-a-crown and a sixpence
quietly palmed off on this man out of his half-sovereign.
Dugs, subs. (old).—The paps; once used without reproach of women; now
only in contempt, except of animals. [From same stem as ‘daughter.’]
For synonyms, see Dairy.
Duke, subs. (old).—1. Gin. For synonyms, see Drinks.
1859. Sala, Gaslight and Daylight, ch. xxiii. The stuff itself,
which in the Western gin-shops goes generally by the name of ‘blue
ruin,’ or ‘short,’ is here called ... duke.