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dudine

Syllables: dud·ine

dudine noun: a woman who is very concerned about her dress and appearance; a female dude.

Noun

dudine (plural dudines)

  1. (obsolete) A woman who is very concerned about her dress and appearance; a female dude.
    • A very pretty little dudine of Fifth Avenue is much admired by the dudes in her neighborhood, and it has been observed on several occasions that she appeared to be able to discriminate between them, and not only shows a preference for one dude over another; but is able to recognize the dudes she...1883 March 7, “Animal Intelligence: Facts Tending to Throw Light on the Question: ‘Do Dudes Reason?’”, in Puck, volume XIII, number 313, New York, N.Y.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, →OCLC, page 299
    • Sam Jones' Own Book: A Series of Sermons Collected and Edited Under the Author's Own Supervision, Page 251 by Sam Porter Jones, Publisher: Cranston and Stowe Pub:1887... in the universe is the natural product of fashionable society, the dude and the dudine; and you never catch a dude and a dudine...

Examples of dudine in a sentence

  • Stories of a Country Doctor - Page 324 by Willis Percival King - 1891 She was between sixty and seventy years of age at this time and was as pronounced a specimen of the type dudine as I ever saw.
  • A female dude was known as a "dudess" or "dudine."2014, Jeremy Agnew, “The Image Persists”, in The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company...

Forms of dudine

pluraldudines

Origin of dudine

From dude + -ine.

Questions about dudine

What does dudine mean?
Dudine means a woman who is very concerned about her dress and appearance; a female dude.
How do you use dudine in a sentence?
Stories of a Country Doctor - Page 324 by Willis Percival King - 1891 She was between sixty and seventy years of age at this time and was as pronounced a specimen of the type dudine as I ever saw.
What part of speech is dudine?
Dudine is a noun.
What is the plural of dudine?
The plural of dudine is dudines.

Words near dudine in the dictionary

  1. dudhwallahs
  2. dudhwallas
  3. dudical
  4. dudier
  5. dudiest
  6. dudine
  7. dudines
  8. duding
  9. duding up
  10. Dudinka
  11. dudish

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