yeast dumpling

noun

A type of soft, fluffy, dough ball leavened with yeast, of European cuisines.

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nounyeast dumpling (plural yeast dumplings)

plural yeast dumplings

  1. A type of soft, fluffy, dough ball leavened with yeast, of European cuisines.

    It is generally about the size of a melon, a little fibrous towards the centre, but everywhere else quite smooth and puddingy, something in consistence between yeast-dumplings and batter-pudding.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 476
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