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spotted dick
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spotted dick
n
(Cookery) Brit a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
[perhaps from the man's name Dick (short for Richard), or from dialect dick pudding. The dried fruit gives it a speckled appearance]
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Noun1.spotted dick - a suet pudding containing currants
suet pudding - a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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FLINTSHIRE Council, anxious to show it's not a po-faced, PC authority, has given up attempting to rechristen the canteen's Spotted Dick as Spotted Richard.
AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
A COUNCIL canteen in Wales has changed the name of Spotted Dick to Spotted Richard so nobody is offended.
A REPORT says men tell [...] by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
We then spotted Richard who was quite handsome but, like a number of great actors, on the short side, having an equal lack of success.
YOUR SHOUT - Memories of a great actor by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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