Meaning of spotted dog | Babel Free

Definitions

A steamed pudding with embedded currants or raisins

UK, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“" Are there any raisins in the store-cupboard ? " I next asked weakly. " I noticed there were not many in the spotted dog pudding we had the other day."”

“Fine—I've got a spotted dog about baked done in the oven, now.”

“If you don't know⟳ what spotted dog is, it's one of those beastly steamed pudding things with an occasional raisin in it that boarding schools feed⟳ their inmates on because it's cheap, not in the least nourishing, and nearly guaranteed to keep⟳ them contented until tea time.”

“The source of the trouble⟳ was the spotted dog. Spotted dog is a sort⟳ of pudding, made from dough with currants embedded.”

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