Meaning of Dudley | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

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

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

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