dudeship

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dude +‎ -ship

Noun[edit]

dudeship (plural dudeships)

  1. The quality or condition of being a dude.
    • 1884, “How I Became a Dude”, in Grip, volume 22, page 23:
      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.
    • 1926, Oliver Hezzelwood, Poems and a Play: "The Invisible Urge", page 143:
      Come on, Toney, shed your dudeship and get into the clothes of a man.
    • 1958, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi, page 381:
      ...his dudeship languidly informs myself that once-very- is the Russian wife of a Turk, alias the chiefly hatwearer...
    • 1976, Comments on Etymology - Volumes 27-29, page 40:
      "Never mind the cigar," said his dudeship; "I can't smoke the beastly things. I'll take ten cents."
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