plum pudding

American  

noun

1. a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.

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plum pudding British  

noun

1. (in Britain) a dark brown rich boiled or steamed pudding made with flour, suet, sugar, and dried fruit

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Etymology

Origin of plum pudding

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

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plum pudding

I was about to say it’s as American as applesauce cake, but I don’t remember much about applesauce cake — though I will say it beats plum pudding anytime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

But, as one conflicted character in Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut, “Black Cake,” notes, it “was essentially a plum pudding handed down to the Caribbeans by colonizers from a cold country.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022

Predict the paths taken by α particles that are fired at atoms with a Thomson’s plum pudding model structure.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

His tricks that night saw him turn handkerchiefs into confectionary, transform a box of bran into a live guinea pig, and his big finale - boiling a plum pudding "in a gentleman's hat".

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2018

“I was brought up to look at the atom as a nice hard fellow, red or grey in color, according to taste,” he remarked years later of the plum pudding model.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik