Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Useless; failing; ineffective.
to swindle; to deceive or rip off.
A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile. · A failure of any kind. · A loser; an unlucky person. · A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”).
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