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 Banning Christmas Dinner Poor laws passed in Great Britain in the 1830s reversed a centuries-old tradition to forbid workhouses from serving roast beef and plum pudding at Christmas. JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for plum pudding 

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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 30 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

plum pudding

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