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- noun Plural form of
poofter .
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Examples
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And, of course, should any teams – and anyone in general – come from south of the river (Thames), they were always, automatically "poofters" (gays).
More on Xenophobia Richard 2004
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Many of them will be offended, not because they are Conservative but because they are of an age that were brought up to believe that homosexuals were 'poofters'.
Voting reform gets personal with attack on Tory campaigner 2011
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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And comment sections like this make me sad over how many straight people still seem to think that we are a bunch prissy “ninnys” or “poofters”.
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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– - Gen. Sheehan: See what happened to King Leonidas and his 300 poofters fighting the Persians at Thermopylae?
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Sonny Bono, for instance, wore "barber-pole striped trousers, an Italian sweater of the sort thus far only dared by Carnaby poofters, sole and heel-less Indian calf-length moccasins, and paisley neck scarf...."
Michael Sigman: Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned Michael Sigman 2011
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In the 1970s, the bitches and the poofters claimed bigger and better roles for themselves, a history Just Kids'' tells in miniature.
Patti Smith and Keith Richards: a study in contrast Mark Jenkins 2010
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As his references to "bitches'' and "poofters'' reveal, Richards hasn't updated his mid-'60s attitudes.
Patti Smith and Keith Richards: a study in contrast Mark Jenkins 2010
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