dudette

plural dudettes

1. humorousoftenslangA girl or woman, especially a masculine one.

   It's an album [by George Strait] with ballads and toe-tappers for those "dudes and dudettes" reminiscing about high school football games, family and life over a cold beer.

   2015 September 23, Kimberly Pierceall, “Strait releases new album, will play Las Vegas in 2016”, in Associated Press, reproduced on Yahoo! Music

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   As my (metal) knees set off all the security thingies, I am subjected to touchy, feely sessions—usually by a dudette with fat, sweaty hands—before being allowed to wait at the gate for hour after hour. The Joy Of Watching Hockey It is a lovely fall.

   2013, Judy Faust, Punch Faust, The MOTs File: Memories, Observations, and Thoughts, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 88

2. slangA cowgirl, especially a tenderfoot.

   The dudettes met their horses that morning.

   2000, Ruth Jean Dale, Almost a Cowboy, →ISBN

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   Most memorable thing about the first branding work a dude or a dudette witnesses is likely to be the heart-rending " BAWR- R-R-R-R!" of the calf or other animal under the hot iron.

   1940, Oren Arnold, John Prentiss Hale, Hot irons: heraldry of the range

   "Dudettes" in cowgirl outfits combed the business district of Phoenix

   1944, Minute Man

3. slangA cowboy's wife, or a woman who moves out west with the intention of marrying a cowboy.

   Visiting dudettes found the shy man of the land irresistible.

   2005, Lesley Poling-Kempes, Ghost Ranch, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 48

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   I'll be cow—hooked if she ain't the best looking thing that's come over the mountains since I married my own dudette!

   1941, Travel

   Saturday evening, March 11, the Dudettes (wives and sweethearts of the Jaycees ) will give their annual all- Western dance at Bud Brown's Barn.

   1949, Arizona Cattlelog

   I can't believe a month ago I was living my life as usual, and now I'm a dudette about to become a pioneer traveling on a wagon train.

   2015, Verna Clay, Forever Kisses: Book 7 of Romance on the Ranch Series, M.O.I. Publishing, page 92

4. A girl or woman who is noted for being tough or capable.

   Maddy was a dainty and feminine tomboy with a disposition both loving and tough as nails. She was a “dudette” and a debutant. What could have been clashing opposites were perfectly blended in her.

   2013, Sam Kauffman, MADDY - Courage and Heart: Life Lessons From a Puppy Handbook, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 138