figgy duff

noun

A kind of boiled pudding with raisins.

Meanings

nounfiggy duff (countable and uncountable, plural figgy duffs)

plural figgy duffs

  1. NewfoundlandcountableuncountableA kind of boiled pudding with raisins.

Origin

From fig (“raisin”, dialectal) + duff (“dough, boiled pudding”).

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