Duffy
[ duhf-ee ]
/ ˈdʌf i /
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noun
Sir Charles Gav·an [gav-uhn], /ˈgæv ən/, 1816–1903, Irish and Australian politician.
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Duffy
/ (ˈdʌfɪ) /
noun
Carol Ann. born 1955, British poet and writer; poet laureate from 2009, her collections include Standing Female Nude (1985), The World's Wife (1999), and Rapture (2005)
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