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单词 plum-duff
释义 plum-ˈduff
Also -dough.
[f. plum n. 4 + duff n.1]
Plain flour pudding with raisins or currants in it, boiled in a cloth or bag.
1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast viii. 18 This day was Christmas..The only change was that we had a ‘plum duff’ for dinner.1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 197/2 Plum dough is one of the street-eatables.1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. (1886) 241 Alive, and fit, and full of good plum-duff.
Hence plum-ˈduffer, a seller of plum-duff.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 198/1, I have ascertained..that take the year through, six ‘plum duffers’ take 1s. a day each.
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