dudley

plural dudleys

1. alternativeAlternative form of Dudley (“miner's water container”).

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

   2011, Jane Sanderson, Netherwood

alternative surname Dowdall

1. A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A place in England:
   1. A market town and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9490).
   2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2673).
4. A place in Canada:
   1. A community in Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario.
   2. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A minor city in Laurens County, Georgia.
   2. A ghost town in Wapello County, Iowa.
   3. A ghost town in Polk County, Iowa.
   4. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   5. An unincorporated community in Clifton Township, Lyon County, Minnesota.
   6. A minor city in Stoddard County, Missouri.
   7. A census-designated place in Wayne County, North Carolina.
   8. An unincorporated community in Noble County, Ohio.
   9. A small borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
   10. A census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.
   11. An unincorporated community in the town of Russell, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
   12. Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
6. A suburb of Newcastle in the Lake Macquarie council area, New South Wales, Australia.

plural Dudleys · alternative surname Dowdall

1. businessA miner's container for water for drinking.

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

   1983, Official Report of the Standing Committees: Session, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 77