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dudeship

dudeship noun: the quality or condition of being a dude.

Noun

dudeship (plural dudeships)

  1. The quality or condition of being a dude.
    • To cut the matter short, I was measured and in due course of time my regalia of dudeship was sent home, none of the minutest details being omitted.1884, “How I Became a Dude”, in Grip, volume 22, page 23
    • Come on, Toney, shed your dudeship and get into the clothes of a man.1926, Oliver Hezzelwood, Poems and a Play: "The Invisible Urge", page 143

Examples of dudeship in a sentence

  • ...his dudeship languidly informs myself that once-very- is the Russian wife of a Turk, alias the chiefly hatwearer...1958, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi, page 381:
  • "Never mind the cigar," said his dudeship; "I can't smoke the beastly things.1976, Comments on Etymology - Volumes 27-29, page 40:

Forms of dudeship

pluraldudeships

Origin of dudeship

From dude + -ship.

Questions about dudeship

What does dudeship mean?
Dudeship means the quality or condition of being a dude.
How do you use dudeship in a sentence?
...his dudeship languidly informs myself that once-very- is the Russian wife of a Turk, alias the chiefly hatwearer...
What part of speech is dudeship?
Dudeship is a noun.
What is the plural of dudeship?
The plural of dudeship is dudeships.

Words near dudeship in the dictionary

  1. dudeness
  2. Dudeney
  3. duderus
  4. dudes
  5. dudes up
  6. dudeship
  7. dudeships
  8. dudeski
  9. dudeskis
  10. dudess
  11. dudesses

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