dudeen

American  

[doo-deen] / duˈdin /

noun

1. a short clay tobacco pipe.

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dudeen British  

/ duːˈdiːn /

noun

1. a clay pipe with a short stem

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Etymology

Origin of dudeen

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

Example Sentences

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

From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

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 Carleton, William

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 Barlow, Jane

There he was, with his "shocking bad hat," his freckled face, his bright eye, and his shrewd expression, smoking his old "dudeen," and gazing at the new world around him.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Murray, Henry A.

On the shore of Smerwick harbour, one fine summer's morning, just at day-break, stood Dick Fitzgerald "shoghing the dudeen," which may be translated, smoking his pipe.

From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by Crocker, T. Crofton