Definitions

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  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From dialectal Middle English rugge ("ridge"), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge ("red").

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Examples

  • Group meetings in Rudge’s big office were all day and night affairs at which bottle after bottle of Jack Daniels was consumed, piles of coke snorted, and carton after carton of cigarettes smoked.

    LYNYRD SKYNYRD and Peter Rudge « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2010

  • Group meetings in Rudge’s big office were all day and night affairs at which bottle after bottle of Jack Daniels was consumed, piles of coke snorted, and carton after carton of cigarettes smoked.

    June « 2010 « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2010

  • The "Rudge" was now covered with turf, and would have been a pleasant road to walk along; but our way lay in another direction along a very lonely road, where we saw very few people and still fewer houses.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • In addition to a reading of this year's featured work, Barnaby Rudge, attendees can drop in on the No Idle Hands Ladies Handiwork Group or get a phrenology reading by Professor Gallivan, then down a pint at the Granby Ale Pub and waltz the night away at Mr. Fezziwig's Ball.

    The Coming Season Lorraine Cademartori 2010

  • With Sir Alan Rudge, the chair of the Royal Commission, he will set a recess 'homework' project for the other 610 MPs, asking them to "go on the hunt for tales of manufacturing ingenuity and innovation."

    Vince Cable launches 'Made by Britain' project to highlight manufacturing 2011

  • Sir Alan Rudge, Chair of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 said: 160 years ago Prince Albert instigated the Great Exhibition; a showcase for British industry and the world's first international exhibition of manufactured products.

    Vince Cable launches 'Made by Britain' project to highlight manufacturing 2011

  • With Sir Alan Rudge, the chair of the Royal Commission, he will set a recess 'homework' project for the other 610 MPs, asking them to "go on the hunt for tales of manufacturing ingenuity and innovation."

    Vince Cable launches 'Made by Britain' project to highlight manufacturing 2011

  • The Blue Rudge mountains were a lot colder that time of year and the varmints weren't out and about.

    How I Spent My Summer Vacation 2009

  • Taming the Cat Eye Charlotte Rudge on Lunch Break discusses why "cat eye" makeup is extremely popular these days with many women, including celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie and Rihanna.

    The Call of the Wild Lesley M. M. Blume 2011

  • Sir Alan Rudge, Chair of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 said: 160 years ago Prince Albert instigated the Great Exhibition; a showcase for British industry and the world's first international exhibition of manufactured products.

    Vince Cable launches 'Made by Britain' project to highlight manufacturing 2011

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