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Word: duds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...kept going up this hill carefully and then all of a sudden I see this light machine gun up real close. There were two gooks with it. I grabbed a grenade and threw it at 'em. The damned thing was a dud and didn't go off. The first thing I felt was my leg hurt real bad. Then the other leg hurt and both my arms were numb. I yelled, 'I got hit!' but there was no one around. I looked up and saw both of these gooks coming for me. I couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: Destiny's Draftee | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

...eight British films turned out since 1945 under their Individual Pictures trademark, plump, chipper Sidney Gilliat, 42, and quiet, precise Frank Launder, 43, have not yet been caught with a dud. Why do their pictures always make a tidy profit? Launder, a onetime repertory actor, and Gilliat, who thought he would be a journalist, point significantly to the fact that they have always been able to make pictures without too much front-office bossing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bundle from Britain | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...Dud 23--Paul C. Shafer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 29 New Proctors Will Take on '54 | 9/1/1950 | See Source »

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