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1. Informal term for clothing
   - togs, threads

1. Someone who is unsuccessful
   - flop, washout, clunker [N. Amer]
    
2. An explosion that fails to occur
   - misfire
    
3. An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
   "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned";
   - turkey, bomb, flop, clunker [N. Amer]

Type of: article of clothing, breakdown, bust, clothing, equipment failure, failure, fizzle, flop, habiliment [archaic], loser, no-hoper, nonstarter, unsuccessful person, vesture, wear, wearable

Encyclopedia: Duds