Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phrasePregnant.
Origin
* Possibly derived from the round shape of a pregnant abdomen, resembling that of a traditional boiled pudding. * An alternative suggestion is an association with dialectal English pod (“belly”), German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Low German Puddek (“lump, pudding”).
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in the pudding club. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20pudding%20club
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