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Word entry · 3 letters

pud

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"Dessert"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /pʊd/Part of speech nounSorted dpuStarts with PEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (British) the dessert course of a meal (‘pud’ is used informally)

Word origin

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.

Used in a sentence

  • Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.
  • The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!
  • My dearest Pud, …

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