Usually means: Offensive slur against gay men.
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  1. poofter: Merriam-Webster
  2. poofter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poofter: Collins English Dictionary
  4. poofter: Wordnik
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  6. poofter: Wiktionary
  7. poofter: Dictionary.com
  8. Poofter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. poofter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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noun:  (Commonwealth, chiefly Australia, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
noun:  (Commonwealth, chiefly Australia, derogatory, slang) A pansy, an effeminate man.

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