clootie dumpling

noun

A traditional Scottish pudding, typically made with flour, breadcrumbs, suet, and dried fruit. It is boiled for several hours in a clootie, which is a Scots word for a cloth.

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Meanings

nounclootie dumpling (plural clootie dumplings)

plural clootie dumplings

  1. A traditional Scottish pudding, typically made with flour, breadcrumbs, suet, and dried fruit. It is boiled for several hours in a clootie, which is a Scots word for a cloth.
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