pud

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“Fallen into a pud-muddle lately The word pud-muddle always sent Tim off into peals of laughter.

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  1. A paw; fist; hand. [Colloquial] 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? Lamb, Distant Correspondents.
  2. Same as pood.

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  • For years, I'd presumed it was made up, until I finally came across it in the Oxford English Dictionary:pud (noun)a child's word for: the hand or the forefoot of an animal; a little hand or paw.
  • We'd decided on Zuppa inglese for pud, because I'd remembered the name from one of Maria's test runs back home, and anyway who can resist trifle in hooch? —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • Her 1861 Book Of Household Management gives the usual formula for Yorkshire pudding (note, please, always Yorkshire pudding, never Yorkshire pud). —  Home | Mail Online
  • Well, I didn't spoon any on my "pud" but after trying some in my coffee I read the ingredients. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • We have a low [pud] percentage I suppose compared to our peers in the unconventional gain, we're sitting below 15\%, there's quite a lot of running room there. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
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  1. Perhaps orig. a slang form of Dutch poot, paw: see paw.
 

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