Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pudding time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: pud-ding -time
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).

Obsolete

noun

In the nick of time; critical time, just in time.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; […]"
"I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly."
"But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent"
"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,"

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does pudding time mean?: Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).

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