dudeen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dudeen
1835–45; < Irish dúidín, equivalent to dúd pipe + -ín diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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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
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 Lever, Charles James
A meerschaum or a wooden pipe is then allowable, but never a clay or a dudeen.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter
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.
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