Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who alters the brand on cattle and steals them; a cattle thief who ‘duffs’ the cattle by altering the brand.
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Examples
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Anyhow, no cattle-duffer in the colonies could have had a better pair of mates than old Sally and
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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What he had been once no man knew, though evidently he was a man of some little culture and education; what he was now was patent to every man -- escaped convict, bushranger, cattle-duffer -- even a murder now and again, it was whispered, came not amiss to Gentleman Jim.
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They had been followed, and subsequently a man had been killed in the Grampians who had been identified as John Bradby, a noted sheep and cattle-duffer.
The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924
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Anyhow, no cattle-duffer in the colonies could have had a better pair of mates than old Sally and Crib, if the devil himself had broken 'em in special for the trade.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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