duds
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dud
(dŭd)n.
1. A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.
2. Informal One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.
3. duds Informal
a. Clothing.
b. Personal belongings.
[Middle English dudde, a cloak.]
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duds
(dʌdz)n.pl. Informal.
1. clothes.
2. belongings in general.
[1560–70; Middle English dudde; perhaps akin to Low German dudel coarse sackcloth]
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| Noun | 1. |  duds - informal terms for clothing article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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duds
pl (inf: = clothes) → Klamotten pl (inf)
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