pan puddingn.
/ˌpan ˈpʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌpæn ˈpʊdɪŋ/ Now regional (rare).† 2. to stand to one's pan pudding: to stand to one's duty; to stand firm, hold one's ground. Obsolete.
1. A kind of heavy, savoury pudding cooked in a pan. Formerly also (occasionally): †a fritter (obsolete).figurative in quot. 1592.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > pudding by type of cooking
poke pudding1552
pan pudding1592
bagpudding1598
pan pie1723
pandowdy1833
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. L2v Not..to corrupt the aire, & impostumate mens ears with their pan-pudding prose any more.
1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. G2 Quoth he, Panpudding is a good dish for a grosse stomack.
1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent in Wks. i. 146/1 The Pan-puddings of Shropshire, the White puddings of Somersetshire, the Hasty-puddings of Hamshire, and the Pudding-pyes of any shire, all is one to him.
1694 R. Orpen London-master 46 The upper countenance of a Pann-pudding differeth from every part of the Geometricall superficies of the sides and bottom.
1736 J. Byrom Jrnl. 18 Mar. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1856) II. i. 17 (transcript from orig. shorthand) I ate pan puddings as they called them (fritters) heartily.
1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 47 About forty or fifty years ago..Saturday, pan pudding, i.e. a pudding made of flour, with small bits of bacon in it.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 524 Pan-puddin, a baked pudding.
1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. v. 2/2 I ate scrapple with apple butter on it for breakfast before school. However, we didn't call it scrapple. It actually has various names—‘liver pudding’, ‘pan pudding’ [etc.].
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)]
standeOE
cleavec1275
to stand stiffa1290
stick1447
to stand or stick to one's tackling1529
to stand in this1538
to set down (the or one's) staff1584
to stand one's ground1600
to stand to one's pan pudding1647
to maintain one's ground1736
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
to stay put1843
to stand firm1856
to sit tight1890
to keep the flag flying1914
to dig in one's toes1933
to hold the line1956
1647 Mercurius Melancholicus 20–29 Nov. 79 The Scotch Commissioners stand stiffly to their pan-pudding, they will not here of a sillable contrary to a personal treaty.
1678 J. Phillips Maronides VI. 39 Pull courage up without brown studying, And boldly stand to thy pan-pudding.
1690 Pagan Prince xxv. 71 And so, noble Tritons, every one to his command; stand to your Panpudding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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