dudeen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dudeen
1835–45; < Irish dúidín, equivalent to dúd pipe + -ín diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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Sitting here in the trenches Me heart's a-splittin' with spleen, For a parcel o' lead comes missing me head, But it smashes me old dudeen.
From Rhymes of a Red Cross Man by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
"Sure it's a quare footman ye have, me lady," said a genial and friendly person who was sitting by the roadside smoking his old dudeen.
From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Misther Costigan, give me your hand; sure I heard a thrifle o' what you were sayin' while I was suckin' my dudeen at the fire widout.
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
There sat his great-grandmother smoking her dudeen in her nook by the hearth, and her big cloak—a very little of wizened old woman to a great many heavy, dark-blue folds.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
Mrs. Branaghan withdrew her dudeen at these words, and gazed at the little fellow with unmixed astonishment, who, in obedience to the summons, took his place beside Kerry's chair, and prepared to commence his task.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
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