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plum-duff

plum-duff noun: a plum pudding.

Noun

plum-duff (plural plum-duffs)

  1. A plum pudding.
    • But late one night we wakes in fright / To see by a pale blue flare, / That cook has got in a phantom pot / A big plum-duff an' a rump-steak hot[.]1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 25

Forms of plum-duff

pluralplum-duffs
alternative form (dated)plum dough

Questions about plum-duff

What does plum-duff mean?
Plum-duff means a plum pudding.
What part of speech is plum-duff?
Plum-duff is a noun.
What is the plural of plum-duff?
The plural of plum-duff is plum-duffs.

Words near plum-duff in the dictionary

  1. plum-coloured starling
  2. plum-coloured starlings
  3. plum-colours
  4. plum-damas
  5. plum-damis
  6. plum-duff
  7. plum-duffs
  8. plum-fruited yew
  9. plum-fruited yews
  10. plum-headed finch
  11. plum-headed finches

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