dudish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dudishly adverb
Etymology
Origin of dudish
Example Sentences
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Photograph: Jeff Vespa/WireImage Is there a cooler actor than Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish thesp extraordinaire and the man so dudish Paul Bettany named his son after him?
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2012
When Populists roughed up dudish Editor White on the street, he reacted in an editorial broadside, What's the Matter with Kansas?
From Time Magazine Archive
Englishmen remembered him from his Cambridge days when his tall, dandified figure, complete with tightly furled umbrella and dudish Edwardian jacket, was a familiar sight, in Mayfairs poshest bars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before coming to Colby Hall Jack Rover had had a quarrel in New York with a tall, dudish youth named Napoleon Martell, and this had almost led to a fight.
From The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box by Stratemeyer, Edward
"I—er—er—— How do you do, Rover?" stammered the dudish student.
From The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College by Stratemeyer, Edward
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