dudeen

Noun

dudeen (plural dudeens)

1. A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay.
   • So I laid down my knittin', an' got up, an' stole ovir to the banes, an' nivir believe me iv I didn't see, sittin' right forenint me, in the very middle of thim, a bit of an ould man, not a quarther so big as a new-born child, wid a little cocked hat an his head, an' a dudeen in his mouth, smokin'...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 378
   • He usually had in his mouth a short dudeen; but in an evil moment he put the dudeen, lighted, in the pocket among the powder.1900, Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone Around the World, page 21