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What does duffers mean?
Wiktionary
duffers (Noun) Plural of duffer.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book⛵
duffers Low pedlars; also those women who assist smugglers. Also, cowardly fellows.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue👅
duffers Cheats who ply in different parts of the town, particularly about Water-lane, opposite St. Clement's church, in the Strand, and pretend to deal in smuggled goods, stopping all country people, or such as they think they can impose on; which they frequently do, by selling them Spital-fields goods at double their current price.
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