pudding time

noun

Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).

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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteDinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).

    Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; […]

    1841, Frederick Marryat, Olla Podrida, page 225
  2. obsoleteIn the nick of time; critical time, just in time.

    17th century The Vicar of Bray When George in Pudding time came o'er, / And Moderate Men looked big, Sir,

    3 more examples

    I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly.

    1546, John Heywood, A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue

    But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent

    1623, John Taylor, A new discovery by sea, with a wherry from London to Salisbury

    Mars, that still protects the stout, / In pudding time came to his aid.

    1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I Canto II
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