noun
General Slang
duds
· noun · mancunian
Underpants (Mancunian); also clothes generally.
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Definitions
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Underpants. Up north, especially round Manchester, your duds are your kecks — the underwear layer, not the trousers.
“Stick a clean pair of duds in me bag, will you?”
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Clothes in general. Older slang use, still heard: your duds are your gear, your get-up, what you're wearing.
“Get your best duds on, we're going out.”
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duds In A Sentence
Stick a clean pair of duds in me bag, will you?
Get your best duds on, we're going out.
Origin & Usage
From Middle English 'dudde' meaning a cloak or coarse cloth. Has meant 'clothes' in English slang since the 1500s; the underwear-specific Northern usage is a later narrowing.
Variants
dudz
People Also Ask
What does duds mean in Manchester slang?
In Mancunian slang, duds means underpants, though it can also loosely refer to clothes in general.
How do you use duds in a sentence?
"I was stood there in just me duds when the doorbell went."
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