Meaning of dudelet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An effeminate young man who strives to be fashionable; a dandy.
   archaic, derogatory
2. A young boy, especially one who is fashionable or popular.
3. A fashionable young woman.
   archaic

Examples

“Yes, the bullfrog is a-croaking And the dudelet is a-smoking”

“Do we want⟳ a citizen soldiery composed of such men as those who, since 1794, have⟳ served in the ranks of the Gordon Highlanders, or composed of such men as the Gardeners of Japan, who wrested Port Arthur from the Russians, or do we want⟳ to depend⟳ on a national militia of citizen soldiers enrolled from among the pink-cheeked dudelets and mush-faced weaklings from the apartments, flats, and tenements of our congested cities or factory towns, whose highest ambition is to smoke⟳ cigarettes, ape a fashion plate, or stand⟳ and gape at a baseball score⟳ on a bulletin board⟳?”

“Yes — and talking about parasites, my friends, how long will it be before the decent working-men of England tire⟳ of the miserable gang of fools, liars and dudelets who had the barefaced impudence to decree that the year 1887 should be one of Jubilation?”

“At first the dudelet, Taking a dash of ginger in his lemonade ; Then the older dude, with his small salary.”

“But now and then a dudelet who is new to the ways of the world pauses for a moment at the glittering windows, and is lost.”

“Cyberfolks are already hip to the antics of Dancing Baby — the slightly demonic, diapered dudelet who's been boogalooing all over the Web for months.”

“Dude and Dudelet on the beach, Upon the beach so sandy. The Dude, he wooed ; the Dudelet cooed, And nibbled Maillard's candy.”

“In marriage, let⟳ frivolous and light-minded women gravitate to inferior men; and let⟳ the " Dude" mate with the "Dudelet." But I insist that pure and noble women shall be saved from marriage with impure and ignoble men.”

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