dudley
Collocations
3VERB + DUDLEY
drink, throw
PREP.
from
ADV.
away, then
Definitions
name
A market town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
noun
A miner's container for water for drinking.
[…] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.
noun
Alternative form of Dudley (“miner's water container”).
Lew, crouching in the confined space, took a deep drink from his dudley then began to strip too.
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2[…] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.
WiktionaryLew, crouching in the confined space, took a deep drink from his dudley then began to strip too.
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