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DUDGEON
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : of uncertain derivation, but possibly a metonymic occupational name for a turner or cutler; the word dudgeon denoted the wood (probably boxwood) used in the handles of knives and daggers in the Middle Ages. Alternatively, it could be a diminutive form of Dodge. The name was taken to northern Ireland in the 17th century.
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n.
The haft of a dagger.
a.
Homely; rude; coarse.
n.
A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.
n.
Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
n.
The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.