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  • noun Plural form of dumpling.

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  • noun small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

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Examples

  • In August 2009, Russian importers — who made up 70 percent of the export market, and used the meat mainly as filler in dumplings and sausages — started canceling their orders after finding strands of E. coli in several shipments.

    Outback Steakhouse 2010

  • I forgot to mention that the crab soup dumplings is surprisingly good.

    NJ Dining: Petite Soochow (UPDATED) 2010

  • Chicken and dumplings is classic American comfort food.

    Chicken and Dumplings | Baking Bites 2010

  • In August 2009, Russian importers — who made up 70 percent of the export market, and used the meat mainly as filler in dumplings and sausages — started canceling their orders after finding strands of E. coli in several shipments.

    Outback Steakhouse 2010

  • A great Sunday brunch, including your ability to order unlimited dumplings from the menu.

    NJ Dining: Petite Soochow (UPDATED) 2010

  • In August 2009, Russian importers — who made up 70 percent of the export market, and used the meat mainly as filler in dumplings and sausages — started canceling their orders after finding strands of E. coli in several shipments.

    Outback Steakhouse 2010

  • Why I stopped reading: I liked this book and, because of it, had a salad for dinner instead of the steamed pork dumplings from the Chinese place.

    2007 October 09 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007

  • It was national day and we went to restaurant which specialized in Chinese dumplings and later went to the town of Fen Jeou, where we went through the market sampling foods from vendors.

    Happy Hotelier 2008

  • If you’ve never had it, chicken and dumplings is a lot like chicken soup (very heavy on the chicken) with steamed biscuits floating in it.

    Chicken and Dumplings | Baking Bites 2010

  • I think someone on here said it right a few months ago: Rickshaw puts the “dump” in dumplings.

    Oxford Cafe Fights Street Trucks With Free Food | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010

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