Posted by Peter Willis on October 20, 2003 at 22:49:53 from 195.92.168.165 user PeterWillis.
In Reply to: Re: inspiration for "duffer"? posted by Jonathan Labaree on October 20, 2003 at 20:46:53:
Let's not forget that Ransome went to an English public school - Rugby - where by all accounts he was not good at ball games. I'm sure he would have been familiar with the word 'duffer'well before reading Childers.