duds

[ duhdz ]
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plural nounInformal.
  1. clothes, especially a suit of clothes.

  2. belongings in general.

Origin of duds

1
1275–1325; Middle English dudde; perhaps akin to Low German dudel coarse sackcloth

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How to use duds in a sentence

  • Get planted till dark, then hold up th' first bloke you see an' take 'is duds.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
  • But I must go back first to get some o' my bits o' duds, and to tell father.

    Sue, A Little Heroine | L. T. Meade
  • “How about getting some decent clothes,” ventured Donald, looking ruefully at his rough sea-duds.

    The Viking Blood | Frederick William Wallace
  • Some of these shells were proper duds, and they made us laugh.

  • I'll go in and change my duds, and then I guess we're ready.

    Under the Law | Edwina Stanton Babcock