cottage pudding
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cottage pudding
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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"What you smell is a burnt cottage pudding," replied Kathleen.
From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher
May also be used hot for cottage pudding.
From New Royal Cook Book by Anonymous
Mrs. MacCall was famous for her "whangdoodle pudding and lallygag sauce"—a title she had given once to cottage pudding and its accompanying dressing to satisfy little folks' teasing questions as to "what is that?"
From The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks
She drew out a cottage pudding, blackened and burnt to carbon.
From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher
I got Betty to show me how to make a cottage pudding.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
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