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Blokes dismissing European failures (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duds

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'failures' is the definition.
(dud is a kind of failure)

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(Other definitions for duds that I've seen before include "Bombs that fail to explode" , "One assumes them" , "Failures; clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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