A short clay pipe for smoking, especially one traditionally used in Ireland; a stubby tobacco pipe.
From Irish Gaelic dudachán or duideachán, diminutive forms possibly related to Gaelic dud (pipe). The term entered English through Irish-English contact and is particularly associated with Irish folk culture.
Irish literature is full of characters with dudeens—they're the little clay pipes that broke so easily that having a few spare was just part of daily life in 19th-century Ireland.
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