Duffer may refer to: *Duffer is a common word in Northern California for a "sifter" used to separate A grade material from B grade material and "shake". * Duffer (Narnia), invisible dwarves in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' * Duffer, as in "Swallows and Amazons", by Arthur Ransome: '.....if not duffers, won't drown. Better drown than duffers.' * Duffer, in Australian English, a person occupied in

cattle raiding Cattle raiding is the act of stealing cattle. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing, and the perpetrator as a duffer.Baker, Sidney John (1945) ''The Australian language : an examination of the English language and English ...

* A weak player in the game of chess In biology: * ''Discophora'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies commonly known as duffers ** Banded duffer (''

Discophora deo ''Discophora deo'', the banded duffer,"''Discophora'' Boisduval, [1836]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the Nymphalidae, brush-footed butter ...

''), a butterfly found in Asia ** Common duffer (''Discophora sondaica''), a butterfly found in Southeast Asia ** Great duffer (''Discophora timora''), a butterfly found in South Asia ** Southern duffer (''Discophora lepida''), a butterfly found in India

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