Citations:dudess

English citations of dudess

1. A female dude.
   1. (dated) A cowgirl.
   2. A woman, generally a younger woman, especially one who is perceived to be cool or hip.
      • 1992, Michael Bishop, Count Geiger's Blues, New York, N.Y.: T. Doherty Associates, →ISBN:

        Xavier's newspaper ran the story on the front page of Monday morning's first edition. Indeed, the entire front page was devoted to the identity and exploits of Count Geiger, for the other big headline trumpeted the sting in the Hemisphere. This operation had rounded up a total of 516 bad dudes and dudesses in a right-back-at-you con for which more than half those receiving "invitations" had fallen like chumps.

      • 2005, Jeffrey Kacirk, Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and other Curious Words and Phrases of North America, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 59:

        dudess A female dude. [Mathews]

      • 2007, Aaron Peckham, Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined, Kansas City, Kan.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 86:

        dudess The female version of dude, according to George W. Bush. In a White House ceremony last night, President Bush said hello to the "dudes and dudesses" from the U.S. Winter Olympics Team.

      • 2011, Douglas Rees, The Juliet Spell, Don Mills, Ont.: HarlequinTeen, →ISBN:

        “'Tis thus I have been spending my time, fair dudess [possibly a typographical error for duchess?],” he said to me. “For a Warwickshireman is the finest gardener since Adam, and I mean to earn my keep. D'ye think your mother will be pleased?”