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plum duff
noun[ C or U ]
UKuk /ˌplʌm ˈdʌf/ us /ˌplʌm ˈdʌf/
a hot, sweet, dish containing dried fruit, eaten especially in the past:
Suet is used in steamed puddings such as plum duff and spotted dick.
That evening we dined on steak and kidney pie followed by a very rich plum duff.
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plum pudding
We made a plum duff and boiled it in a handkerchief.
The play sounds about as appetising as an ancient slice of plum duff.
The troops were said to have had a hot meal of pork chops and plum duff one hour before they left for the beaches.
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