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duds
[ duhdz ]
/ dʌdz /
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plural noun Informal.
clothes, especially a suit of clothes.
belongings in general.
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Origin of duds
1275–1325; Middle English dudde; perhaps akin to Low German dudel coarse sackcloth
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