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

It was a little friend, a fragrant friend, a tawny and somewhat grimy friend; it was in the pocket of his coat; it was of clay; in fact, it was nothing else than a dudeen.

From The American Baron by De Mille, James

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 Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

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

Well, one night me elder brother Tim was sittin' over the fire, smokin' his dudeen an' thinkin' of his sins, when in comes Buck with the hobbles on him.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

"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 Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith