dud v.2
(Aus. Und.) to misrepresent the origin, quality and value of goods; thus dudding n.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | He who Shoots Last 36: ‘You did go on a dudding trip with Hailstone a few years back?’ [...] ‘That’s correct, we were away selling a bit of dud to tide us over a lean period.’. | |
| Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 44: ‘Anyway how’d you go, Gulcher?’ ‘Went down. Two with a one for duddin’ – unheard of.’ [...] ‘But, Jesus, Gulchy. They give it to you all right, mate. What was you duddin’? The Ampol buildin’ or somethin’?’. | |
| Real Thing 172: he was also not averse to dudding people with his dope deals should the opportunity ever arise. | |
| Memoirs of an Old Bastard 99: Houn le Pine and his agent [...] would be laughing, as much about the dudding by a country bumpkin of a city slicker as anything else. | |
| Neddy (1998) 247: You know me, Murray, I don’t like fuck-ups. I will not cop anyone trying to dud me by handing me different gear than the sample. [Ibid.] 264: Jones reported back to [the policeman], and they came up with a plan to ensure they didn’t get dudded. | |
| Bug (Aus.) 4 Aug. 🌐 So a true league fan is expected to travel all the way to an opposition ground [...] just to see their team dudded by a referee with one ear on the baying home crowd. |
In phrases
(Aus.) to misinform, to cheat, to swindle; thus dudder(-upper) n., one who fraudulently misrepresents the price and/or value of the goods he is selling, e.g. selling dyed aspirins as ‘purple hearts’, or claiming that perfectly legitimately purchased goods are actually ‘off the back of a lorry’ (and thus more glamorous).
| in Foveaux in DSUE (1984). | |
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![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Big Huey 248: dud up (v) Fabricate evidence to secure a conviction. | |
| (con. 1959) Up the Cross 65: It seems she got dudded by some clown or other. | |
| Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Dud up. To give or sell an article that does not function. | |
| ‘I Saw That’ in What Do You Reckon (1997) [ebook] Don’t worry about all the poor punters Skase has dudded. | |
| Broken Shore (2007) [ebook] He as an accountant. Dudded his clients, the pensioners, the little old ladies. | |
| Silver [ebook] He ripped of his workers and dudded his creditors. |