duds
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dʌdz/
- plural form of dud
- (New England, British, informal, dated) Clothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
- 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
- I looked at what I could see of my rough blue duds, which I had plenty of opportunity of contrasting with the gay attire of the citizens we had come across; […]
- 1997, Skiing (volume 50, number 4)
- We were hard-pressed to find anyone who actually skis in these designer duds, but someone's buying the stuff: Hilfiger's ski and boardwear line grosses around $25 million per year […]
- 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
- Russian: ру́бище
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