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dudheen

dudheen is the alternative form of dudeen.

Meaning of 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

Forms of dudheen

pluraldudheens

Questions about dudheen

What is dudheen the alternative form of?
Dudheen is the alternative form of dudeen.

Words near dudheen in the dictionary

  1. dudgeoned
  2. dudgeons
  3. dudh-wallah
  4. dudh-wallahs
  5. Dudhatoli
  6. dudheen
  7. dudheens
  8. dudhi
  9. dudhis
  10. dudhwalla
  11. dudhwallah

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