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English
Noun
pudding time
- (obsolete) Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
1841, Frederick Marryat, Olla Podrida, page 225:Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; […]
- (obsolete) In the nick of time; critical time, just in time.
1546, John Heywood, A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue:I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly.
1623, John Taylor, A new discovery by sea, with a wherry from London to Salisbury:But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent
1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I Canto II:Mars, that still protects the stout, / In pudding time came to his aid.
- 17th century The Vicar of Bray
- When George in Pudding time came o'er, / And Moderate Men looked big, Sir,