black pudding

American  

noun

1. British and Southern U.S.. blood sausage.

2. a dark dessert pudding made with flour, baking soda, eggs, and molasses.

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black pudding British  

noun

1. Usual US and Canadian name: blood sausage.  Also called: blood pudding.  a kind of black sausage made from minced pork fat, pig's blood, and other ingredients

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Etymology

Origin of black pudding

First recorded in 1560–70

Example Sentences

But Liu admits she passed on another Ulster fry staple - black pudding - while in Belfast.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

The food is handled by Ardesia, Mandy Oser’s nearby wine bar, and will include Irish cheeses and sausages, brown bread with smoked salmon, potato-leek soup with black pudding, small savory pies and colcannon puffs.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

In England, a traditional cooked breakfast consists of sausages, grilled tomato, mushrooms, bacon, beans, fried egg, fried bread, black pudding, toast, tea, hash browns and brown sauce.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021

Some people don’t like black pudding and baked beans for breakfast, either.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2020

What you can have now, missus, is black pudding and tripe or a sheep’s head or a nice pig’s head.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt