yeast dumpling en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of soft, fluffy, dough ball leavened with yeast, of European cuisines.
It is generally about the size of a melon, a little fibrous towards the centre, but everywhere else quite smooth and puddingy, something in consistence between yeast-dumplings and batter-pudding.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 476:
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| yeast dumplings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |