spotted dick
spotted dick noun: a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.
Noun
spotted dick (countable and uncountable, plural spotted dicks)
- A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.
- These English aristos will eat spotted dick in August and demand strawberries in January. Why not give them what they want? Take their shekels, my son, praising Allah, is my philosophy.1996, Amy Myers, chapter 4, in Murder in the Motor Stable (An Auguste Didier whodunnit; 9), Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Magna Large Print Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 131
Forms of spotted dick
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Origin of spotted dick
Spotted refers to the dried fruits (that resemble spots). Dick is a dialectal term for "pudding". It may be related to dough, duff (meaning "dough" or "pudding") and Old English dāg (“dough”). Alternatively, it may be a corruption/contraction of the last syllable of pudding, or from German dick (“thick, viscous”).
Questions about spotted dick
- What does spotted dick mean?
- Spotted dick means a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.
- What part of speech is spotted dick?
- Spotted dick is a noun.
- What is the plural of spotted dick?
- The plural of spotted dick is spotted dicks.
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