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Dudley

//ˈdʌdli// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A market town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
  3. 3
    A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
  4. 4
    Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
  5. 5
    A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
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  1. 6
    A suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A miner's container for water for drinking.

    "[…] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Dudley (“miner's water container”). alt-of, alternative

    "Lew, crouching in the confined space, took a deep drink from his dudley then began to strip too."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

Etymology 2

From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".

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