Examples of plum pudding in a Sentence
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Plus, delicious dishes on the royal holiday table (including the palace chef’s plum pudding!).
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People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
So was the plum pudding, which melted in one’s mouth, likewise the jellies, in which Amy reveled like a fly in a honeypot.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
Funded by the Crown (the Whigs and Tories refused to use public funds), there were more ox roasts, tonnes of plum pudding and lakes of ale served to her delighted subjects.
—Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022
Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
The authentic-to-the-14th-century celebration includes homemade mince pie and plum pudding.
—Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
Though Anne was partial to plum pudding, most islanders — and visitors — prefer to fill their bellies with Malpeque oysters, which appear on raw-bar menus around the world.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
Amarena cherries and plum pudding aromas are sweet and effusive, with just the suggestion of toastiness to the oak in the background.
—Brian Freedman, Forbes, 3 June 2021
Distinctly chocolatey on the nose, with touches of espresso beans, vanilla, and cassis, all of which prepare the palate for flavors of blueberry cobbler, round and rich brambly berries, plum pudding, and melted chocolate.
—Brian Freedman, Forbes, 17 May 2021
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People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
So was the plum pudding, which melted in one’s mouth, likewise the jellies, in which Amy reveled like a fly in a honeypot.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
Funded by the Crown (the Whigs and Tories refused to use public funds), there were more ox roasts, tonnes of plum pudding and lakes of ale served to her delighted subjects.
—Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022
Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
The authentic-to-the-14th-century celebration includes homemade mince pie and plum pudding.
—Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
Though Anne was partial to plum pudding, most islanders — and visitors — prefer to fill their bellies with Malpeque oysters, which appear on raw-bar menus around the world.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
Amarena cherries and plum pudding aromas are sweet and effusive, with just the suggestion of toastiness to the oak in the background.
—Brian Freedman, Forbes, 3 June 2021
Distinctly chocolatey on the nose, with touches of espresso beans, vanilla, and cassis, all of which prepare the palate for flavors of blueberry cobbler, round and rich brambly berries, plum pudding, and melted chocolate.
—Brian Freedman, Forbes, 17 May 2021
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First Known Use
1630, in the meaning defined above
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plum pudding
noun
: a rich boiled or steamed pudding containing fruits (as raisins) and spices
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