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spotted dicks

spotted dicks is the plural of spotted dick.

Meaning of spotted dick

Noun

spotted dick (countable and uncountable, plural spotted dicks)

  1. 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

Questions about spotted dicks

What is spotted dicks the plural of?
Spotted dicks is the plural of spotted dick.

Words near spotted dicks in the dictionary

  1. spotted cuscus
  2. spotted cuscuses
  3. spotted deer
  4. spotted deers
  5. spotted dick
  6. spotted dicks
  7. spotted dog
  8. spotted dogs
  9. spotted dolphin
  10. spotted dolphins
  11. spotted dragonet

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