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Examples
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Dud is too strong of a word for the Mac Mini but it fits the cube, for sure.
I just called to say, "I'm on welfare" (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Big Bill followed, and the man he had called Dud brought up the rear.
The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North William MacLeod Raine 1912
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Somebody please explain why in the world we would even consider any proposals from Senator Chris "Dud" Dodd or Representative Barney Frank.
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Wait, does that object in the background read "Dud"?
Magic Eye Jen 2009
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So I think they're playing basketball with a "Dud" Ball - no bounce!
It's Gonna Happen, And When It Does, We Need To Be Prepared 2008
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Meanwhile someone went to look at the "Dud," and found not a shell but a large stone, still quite hot.
The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 S. J. Wilson
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"Dud," said the engineer, getting down to open the furnace door a crack,
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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"Dud" was "in the way of being a lawyer," as he had previously told her, and Helen had come to realize that it was a lawyer's advice she needed more than anything else.
The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Amy Bell Marlowe
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If this yere young s-scalawag don't treat you h-handsome, Tom an 'Dud'll be glad to ride over an' beat him up proper 'most any time you give 'em the high sign.
The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912
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"Dud," said the engineer, getting down to open the furnace door a crack, "this is mair than murder ye're comin 'at; it's a buitchery -- or else it's juist a pack o' lees."
Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892
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