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

The relationship between the United States and Britain is never more “special” than at Christmastime: mince pies and plum pudding, Victorian carolers and Boxing Day sales.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Typically, roast beef was topped with a slice of plum pudding.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 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

There is a ghost stuck in purgatory because she feels guilty about stealing her brother’s plum pudding, a kindly war hero who lost the man he loves, and the star-crossed tale of Silas’s parents.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

He bet he could make a plum pudding would knock their eyes out.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck