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clootie dumpling

clootie dumpling noun: a traditional Scottish pudding, typically made with flour, breadcrumbs, suet, and dried fruit. It is boiled for several hours in a clootie, which is a Scots word for a cloth.

Noun

clootie dumpling (plural clootie dumplings)

  1. A traditional Scottish pudding, typically made with flour, breadcrumbs, suet, and dried fruit. It is boiled for several hours in a clootie, which is a Scots word for a cloth.

Forms of clootie dumpling

pluralclootie dumplings

Questions about clootie dumpling

What does clootie dumpling mean?
Clootie dumpling means a traditional Scottish pudding, typically made with flour, breadcrumbs, suet, and dried fruit. It is boiled for several hours in a clootie, which is a Scots word for a cloth.
What part of speech is clootie dumpling?
Clootie dumpling is a noun.
What is the plural of clootie dumpling?
The plural of clootie dumpling is clootie dumplings.

Words near clootie dumpling in the dictionary

  1. clooped
  2. clooping
  3. cloops
  4. cloor
  5. clootie
  6. clootie dumpling
  7. clootie dumplings
  8. clooties
  9. clop
  10. clopamide
  11. clopen

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