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dud

  [duhd]
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–noun
1. a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
2. a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.
Origin:
1815–25; special use of dud, sing. of duds

Synonyms:
1. fiasco, debacle, fizzle, miscarriage.

duds

  [duhdz]
–plural noun Informal.
1. clothes, esp. a suit of clothes.
2. belongings in general.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME dudde; perh. akin to LG dudel coarse sackcloth
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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

    1. Clothing.

    2. Personal belongings.


[Middle English dudde, a cloak.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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