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- noun a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
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chained_bear commented on the word plum duff
"'... But what was that ponderous mass, glutinous and yet crumbling, enveloped in a sweet sauce, that came at the end?'
'Why, that was plum duff, a great favourite in the service.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 113
March 25, 2008
reesetee commented on the word plum duff
Sometimes I feel like a ponderous mass, glutinous and yet crumbling.
March 25, 2008
bilby commented on the word plum duff
May you be enveloped in sweet sauce, friend.
March 25, 2008
arby commented on the word plum duff
Also the name of a gorgeous but sadly long-discontinued bath bomb from Lush.
July 4, 2008
dontcry commented on the word plum duff
No plums are harmed in the making of the duff.
October 22, 2008