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spotted dick en · NOUN

Etymology

Spotted refers to the dried fruits (that resemble spots). Dick is a dialectal term for "pudding". It may be related to dough, duff (meaning "dough" or "pudding") and Old English dāg (“dough”). Alternatively, it may be a corruption/contraction of the last syllable of pudding, or from German dick (“thick, viscous”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England.
   • These English aristos will eat spotted dick in August and demand strawberries in January. Why not give them what they want? Take their shekels, my son, praising Allah, is my philosophy. 1996, Amy Myers, chapter 4, in Murder in the Motor Stable (An Auguste Didier whodunnit; 9), Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Magna Large Print Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 131:

Forms

Translations (6)

pl spotted dick (steamed suet pudding) · ru долма́тец (steamed suet pudding) · ru «пятни́стый Дик» (steamed suet pudding) · ru варёный пу́динг с изю́мом (steamed suet pudding) · cmn 葡萄乾布丁 /葡萄干布丁 (steamed suet pudding) · fi spotted dick (steamed suet pudding)