pud

[ pood ]

nounChiefly British Informal.

Origin of pud

1
By apocope

Other definitions for P.U.D. (2 of 2)

P.U.D.

abbreviation
  1. pickup and delivery.

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How to use pud in a sentence

  • Well, but thou art a dashing fine fellow, a fine fellow; thou canst still lift ten puds in one hand as of yore, I suppose?

    A Nobleman's Nest | Ivan Turgenieff
  • We've raised a hundred and seventy thousand puds as if we plucked a radish from a garden-bed!

    Foma Gordyeff | Maxim Gorky
  • The boys of Rivertown High had a fondness for trying out new students, and Puds suggestion met with ready approval.

  • Dem little puds are werry, werry feeble, aren't dey, my Jack-in-de-box?

    Soldiers Three | Rudyard Kipling
  • A number of delegates were sent to Saratov to obtain 30,000 puds of breadstuffs for twenty-five workmen's organisations in Moscow.

British Dictionary definitions for pud

pud

/ (pʊd) /


noun
  1. British informal short for pudding

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