Sorry folks "duds" does not mean a pipe in Ireland. The correct word for that is "duidin" pronounced "doo-deen." Recall the song "The Rocks of Bawn" in which it states in one part: "My curse upon you Sweeney Boy,
You have me driven mad;
A-sitting by the fireside,
With your duidin in your gob."
According to the Dictionary of Archaic Words" by James Orchard Halliwell first published in 1850 "duds" was a dialect word meaning "dirty clothes" and in the "Cassell Dictionary of Slang" its meaning is given as (1) clothing (mid 15th century) and (2) one's possessions, one's things in general (mid 17th century).