Meaning of pudding time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
   obsolete
2. In the nick of time; critical time, just in time.
   obsolete

Examples

“Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; […]”

“I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly.”

“But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent”

“Mars, that still protects the stout, / In pudding time came to his aid.”

“17th century The Vicar of Bray When George in Pudding time came o'er, / And Moderate Men looked big, Sir,”

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