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Bluffer   /blˈəfər/   Listen
Bluffer

noun
1.
A person who tries to bluff other people.  Synonym: four-flusher.


Bluff

adjective
1.
Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front.  Synonyms: bold, sheer.  "Where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise" , "A sheer descent of rock"
2.
Bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured.  "A bluff and rugged natural leader"



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"Bluffer" Quotes from Famous Books



... been struck by their remarkable cleanness and brightness. A Dutch galliot may be fifty, eighty, or even a hundred and fifty tons burden. When the Dutch build vessels of a larger size than this, they do so on very similar lines to English merchantmen, though usually somewhat broader and bluffer. ...
— Man on the Ocean - A Book about Boats and Ships • R.M. Ballantyne
... we 've got the law an' ther evidence with us all right, but, damn ther luck, them other fellers hes got the rifles. It 's his play first, an' it sorter looks ter me as if the man knew how ter handle his cards. He ain't no bluffer, either. Just take a squint through them glasses down the trail, an' ...
— Beth Norvell - A Romance of the West • Randall Parrish
... tossing a small female specimen of humanity as near to the ceiling as is compatible with prolonged existence. Angela looks on admiringly. She does not appear to care much for Mariano now! Why she takes so much interest in the female baby we leave to the reader to discover. Old Francisco is there too, bluffer and bolder than ever, and so is Paulina, with a beautiful dark-haired girl, who is the very image of the tall handsome man engaged in ...
— The Pirate City - An Algerine Tale • R.M. Ballantyne
... Miss Slack, and Miss Trotter, and Mr. Skimpole (a lineal descendant of the urbane Harold), and Mr. Looseley, and Mr. Rattler, and Striker, and Bluffer, and Smiley; all these took a hand at the mill that was rolling out the character of "Dodd" Weaver, and there are marks of their varied crankings upon him to ...
— The Evolution of Dodd • William Hawley Smith
... is just as much of a bluffer as ever," exclaimed Kit. "I saw Cheerekee here with a broom. She disappeared as we came in. Tommy never dusted this place today, ...
— The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure • Lizette M. Edholm


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