Duffy

American

[duhf-ee] / ˈdʌf i /

noun

Sir Charles Gavan 1816–1903, Irish and Australian politician.

Duffy British

/ 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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When Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ludicrously urged Americans to dress up for travel, he was referencing this imaginary age of girdles and silk-stockinged women dolled up like Veronica Lake.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted a letter for Ford management on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

"That uncertainty at leadership levels has downstream effects on the force," added Duffy, who had a 30-year career and commanded US warships before joining the White House during the second Obama administration.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Commercial trucking schools that are losing accreditation under a new crackdown by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy against facilities that certify drivers who aren’t proficient in English.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The first Christian Irishman whose writings have come down to us was Dubhthach, or, as the name would probably now be Anglicised, Duffy, Mac U Lugair.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell

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