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

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)

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

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

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