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pudding and tame

pudding and tame phrase: an impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?".

Phrase

pudding and tame

  1. (childish, dated) An impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?"

Questions about pudding and tame

What does pudding and tame mean?
Pudding and tame means an impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?".
What part of speech is pudding and tame?
Pudding and tame is a phrase.

Words near pudding and tame in the dictionary

  1. pudders
  2. Puddicombe
  3. puddies
  4. puddin'
  5. pudding
  6. pudding and tame
  7. pudding basin
  8. pudding basin haircut
  9. pudding basin haircuts
  10. pudding basins
  11. pudding bowl

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