plum duff

American  

noun

1. a duff containing raisins.

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Etymology

Origin of plum duff

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Then in two dreary cinemadapted James Barrie plays, she slid into interpretations as heavy and lifeless as plum duff.

From Time Magazine Archive

But we haven't any goose or anything else except salt junk and plum duff.

From The Sandman: His Sea Stories by Horne, Diantha W.

"And this!" went on the Senor, picking up what purported to be plum duff: "Bog down a few currants in dough and call her pudding!"

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

Her captain ranged between plum duff and his hammock.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

We were told that on Sundays the men usually had pudding; but "Bill," who was the cook that week, was pronounced to be "no hand at a plum duff."

From A Boy's Voyage Round the World by Smiles, Samuel