dudeen

[ doo-deen ]

noun

1. a short clay tobacco pipe.

dudeen

/ duːˈdiːn /

noun

1. a clay pipe with a short stem

Word History and Origins

Origin of dudeen¹

1835–45; < Irish dúidín, equivalent to dúd pipe + -ín diminutive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of dudeen¹

C19: from Irish dúidín a little pipe, from dúd pipe

Example Sentences

A meerschaum or a wooden pipe is then allowable, but never a clay or a dudeen.

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Mike had his dark-looking “dudeen,” and Jake his pipe of corn “cob” and cane-joint shank.

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Phelim O'Rourke smokes his dudeen on a bench by the door, and invites the passer-by to enter and examine the trophies.

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Father Mackworth begun on the young man; he was going out to his dudeen as peaceful as an honest young gentleman should.

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He usually had in his mouth a short dudeen; but in an evil moment he put the dudeen, lighted, in the pocket among the powder.

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