单词 | pudding-wife |
释义 | ˈpudding-wife 1. a. A woman who sells puddings or sausages. ? Obs. b. A professional or expert maker of puddings (sense 1: Eng. Dial. Dict.). Now dial.
1448Maldon, Essex, Court Rolls Bundle 27 No. 1 b, Cristiana podyngwyf alias fisshwyf vendidit salmones fetidos in mercato. 15..in Dugdale Monast. Angl. (1817) I. 443/2 Sche shall pay for a gown to her grome coke and her poding wief by the yere ijs. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 217 When Pudding-Wives were launcht in cockquean Stools; For falling foul on Oyster-women's Schools. 2. The Florida blue-fish (Platyglossus radiatus); also called pudding-fish.
1734Mortimer Carolina & Bahamas in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 317 The Pudding-Wife. Round the Eye spread seven blue Rays. 1876Goode Fishes Bermudas 17 Turdus oculo radiato (the Pudding-Wife) is a young specimen of Chœrojulis radiatus. |

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