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puddingwife
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Definition of puddingwife
puddingwives
: a large blue and bronze wrasse (Iridio radiata) of Florida and the West Indies south to Brazil
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Origin and Etymology of puddingwife
from obsolete English, woman who sells sausage, from Middle English podyngwyf, from podyng, pudding blood sausage + wyf, wif woman
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