spotted dick

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Definition of spotted dick in English English dictionary

A steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit, usually currants; traditional in England

a suet pudding containing currants

a sweet food eaten in Britain, that is like a cake containing dried fruit, and is eaten hot at the end of a meal

Related Terms

spotted dicks

plural form of spotted dick

Hyphenation

spot·ted Dick

Turkish pronunciation

spätıd dîk

Pronunciation

/ˈspätəd ˈdək/ /ˈspɑːtəd ˈdɪk/

Etymology

() spotted refers the the dried fruits (that resemble spots). dick maybe a corruptions/contraction of the last syllable of pudding, a corruption of dough, or from German dick (“thick, viscous”).