Other Meanings
Generally your duds are "your last possessions", what you are wearing and carrying, so nice duds is ironic and possibly an oxymoron. Other meanings of 'dud' are:
- Duds - 16th century term for "clothes".
- Dud - 17th century term for "worthless". Then 17th Century term for "old clothes" and "rags".
- Duddery - 17th-19th century term for a "clothier's booth", trading in old cloth and rags.
- To sweat your duds - 19th century term to "pawn one's clothes"
- Dudman - "Scarecrow!", possibly from Dutch Dood/dode man (dead man), or from the old clothes used to clothe a scarecrow.
- 'Dud' is also used to describe a person who failed to meet standards in relationships.
- Dud (Hungarian: Dúd), a village in Târnova Commune, Arad County, Romania
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