dud
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Contemporary Examples of dud
His clothing line that his friend described as “upscale and urban” was a dud.
The Hollywood Reporter said the film was a dud, but Holmes plays neatly against type.
She turns in dud stories, misses deadlines, and is prone to occasionally sleeping with her young, struggling musician sources.
Toni Collette on ‘The Realistic Joneses,’‘Lucky Them,’ and Crying in ‘The Sixth Sense’Melissa Leon
June 1, 2014
The prank itself seems meaningless, and the reaction was un-extraordinary: all in all, a dud.
An Analysis of Vitalii Sediuk’s Pranks (He’s the Guy Who Touched Brad Pitt)Amy Zimmerman
May 29, 2014
Reviews seemed to range a short spectrum between turnip (a dud, in the French parlance) and not-a-complete-turnip.
Historical Examples of dud
For a time it seemed as though Brent's bombshell had been a dud.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
Let's get busy—we're altogether too close to that dud there to suit me.
The Skylark of SpaceEdward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
But there were exceptions, and Dud Fielding was one of them.
KillykinickMary T. Waggaman
Cut the whole lot,” said Dud, “just as soon as I can get money enough to do it.
KillykinickMary T. Waggaman
It was Dud who had been swept over into those foaming, seething depths.
KillykinickMary T. Waggaman