dumpling
[duhmp-ling]
noun
a rounded mass of steamed and seasoned dough, often served in soup or with stewed meat.
a dessert consisting of a wrapping of dough enclosing sliced apples or other fruit, boiled or baked.
a short or stout person.
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Origin of dumpling
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dumpling
noun
Word Origin for dumpling
C16: dump-, perhaps variant of lump 1 + -ling 1
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dumpling
c.1600, Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin, perhaps from some Low German word or from noun dump "lump" (late 18c.). Related: Dumplings.
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