Meanings
- pluralplural of dud
- UKUSdatedinformalpluralplural onlyClothing, especially for work or of rough appearance.
JESSE:Badger? Where you been keeping yourself? Nice duds.
2008 October 26, Vince Gilligan,Patty Lin, directed by Tricia Brock, Breaking Bad (Gray Matter) (1), episode 5 (TV), spoken by Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul)5 more examples
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; […]
1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)“I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. […]”
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLCThey grab his duds and his picks as well. They hoy him down to the pit of hell. Down you go and fare ye well. You dirty blackleg miner.
1970 June 28, traditional, “The Blackleg Miner” (track 4), in Hark! The Village Wait, performed by Steeleye SpanWe 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 […]
1997, Skiing, volume 50, number 4Rahneesh: Hey, Greggie, what about those new clothes, huh? You gonna cough up some new duds or what?
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 30 - obsoletepluralplural onlyslangOne's personal property.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
German Klamotten
- Klamottenclothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
Russian ру́бище, рвань
- ру́бище (rúbišče)clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
- рвань (rvanʹ)clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
- лохмо́тья (loxmótʹja)clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
- мана́тки (manátki)clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
- шмо́тки (šmótki)clothing, especially those for work or of rough appearance
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
duds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duds
“duds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duds. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duds,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duds.
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