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pudding time

pudding time noun: dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).

Noun

pudding time

  1. (obsolete) Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
    • Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; […]1841, Frederick Marryat, Olla Podrida, page 225
  2. (obsolete) In the nick of time; critical time, just in time.
    • I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly.1546, John Heywood, A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue
    • But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent1623, John Taylor, A new discovery by sea, with a wherry from London to Salisbury

Questions about pudding time

What does pudding time mean?
Pudding time means dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
What part of speech is pudding time?
Pudding time is a noun.

Words near pudding time in the dictionary

  1. pudding pops
  2. pudding rice
  3. pudding sleeves
  4. pudding spice
  5. pudding stone
  6. pudding time
  7. pudding-basin
  8. pudding-basins
  9. pudding-bowl
  10. pudding-bowls
  11. pudding-brain

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