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Webster 1913 Edition


Duds

Duds

,
Noun.
pl.
[Scot.
dud
rag, pl.
duds
clothing of inferior quality.]
1.
Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.
[Colloq.]
2.
Effects, in general.
[Slang]

Webster 1828 Edition


Duds

DUDS

,
Noun.
Old clothes; tattered garments. [A vulgar word.]

Definition 2024


duds

duds

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Noun

duds

  1. plural of dud

Noun

duds pl (plural only)

  1. (New England, Britain, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
    • 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
      I looked at what I could see of my rough blue duds, which I had plenty of opportunity of contrasting with the gay attire of the citizens we had come across; []
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      “I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. […]”
    • 1997, Skiing (volume 50, number 4)
      We were hard-pressed to find anyone who actually skis in these designer duds, but someone's buying the stuff: Hilfiger's ski and boardwear line grosses around $25 million per year []

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