hasty pudding

hasty pudding

noun
1.
New England. cornmeal mush.
2.
Chiefly British. a dish made of flour or oatmeal stirred into seasoned boiling water or milk and quickly cooked.

Origin:
1590–1600
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Hasty pudding is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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hasty pudding
 
n
1.  (Brit) a simple pudding made from milk thickened with tapioca, semolina, etc, and sweetened
2.  (US) a mush of cornmeal, served with treacle sugar

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