dudeship

plural dudeships

1. The quality or condition of being a dude.

   Come on, Toney, shed your dudeship and get into the clothes of a man.

   1926, Oliver Hezzelwood, Poems and a Play: "The Invisible Urge", page 143

   3 more examples

   To cut the matter short, I was measured and in due course of time my regalia of dudeship was sent home, none of the minutest details being omitted.

   1884, “How I Became a Dude”, in Grip, volume 22, page 23

   ...his dudeship languidly informs myself that once-very- is the Russian wife of a Turk, alias the chiefly hatwearer...

   1958, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi, page 381

   "Never mind the cigar," said his dudeship; "I can't smoke the beastly things. I'll take ten cents."

   1976, Comments on Etymology - Volumes 27-29, page 40