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Definition of plum pudding noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

plum pudding

noun
 
/ˌplʌm ˈpʊdɪŋ/
 
/ˌplʌm ˈpʊdɪŋ/
[uncountable, countable] (British English, old-fashioned)
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  1. a hot pudding (= sweet dish) like a dark fruit cake, traditionally eaten in the UK at Christmas synonym Christmas pudding
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: so named because the pudding was originally made with plums, the word plum being retained later to denote ‘raisin’, which became a substituted ingredient.
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