duds

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Gaelic, dud.) Rags; old clothes. A common word, which is used in the same sense in various parts of England and the United States.


Sae I pack'd up my duds when my quarter was out,

And wi' weage i' my pocket, I saunter'd about.--Westmorland and Cumb. Dialect, p. 226.

Give a man time to take off his duds, and then lick him if you can.--Crockett's Tour, p. 193.

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