plum pudding

noun

: a rich boiled or steamed pudding containing fruits and spices

Examples of plum pudding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This historiographic plum pudding is full of delights, ranging from memories of Chatterji’s childhood in a multigenerational compound in Bengal to a deep history of the violent politics of division that separated Pakistan from India in 1947 and Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. Joya Chatterji, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 Eliza Acton, a leading cookbook author of the day who helped to rebrand plum pudding as Christmas pudding, offered a particularly frugal recipe that relied on potatoes and carrots. Troy Bickham, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023 During the 18th century, the two crossed to become the more familiar plum pudding – a steamed pudding packed with the ingredients of the rapidly growing British Empire of rule and trade. Troy Bickham, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023 Plus, delicious dishes on the royal holiday table (including the palace chef’s plum pudding!). People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023 So was the plum pudding, which melted in one’s mouth, likewise the jellies, in which Amy reveled like a fly in a honeypot. Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023 Funded by the Crown (the Whigs and Tories refused to use public funds), there were more ox roasts, tonnes of plum pudding and lakes of ale served to her delighted subjects. Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022 Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021 The authentic-to-the-14th-century celebration includes homemade mince pie and plum pudding. Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of plum pudding was in 1630

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“Plum pudding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plum%20pudding. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

plum pudding

noun
: a rich boiled or steamed pudding containing fruits (as raisins) and spices
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