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

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

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

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

"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

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