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Tottenham|ˈtɒt(ə)nəm|
In 6 Totnam.
Name of a northern suburb of London. †a. Tottenham is turned French, a proverb used in reference to any unlikely or remarkable change. Obs.
1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 14 Their faces told toies, that Totnam was tournd frenche. 1581A. Hall Iliad iv. 60 Do what thou canst, the time wil come that Totnam French shal turn; The Gods and I will so prouide. a1661Fuller Worthies, Middlesex (1662) ii. 178.
b. Tottenham Pudding, feed for pigs or poultry, consisting of sterilized kitchen waste.
1944Halnan & Garner Princ. & Pract. Feeding Farm Animals (ed. 2) xvi. 329 In the process of cooking the waste..sets to a firm..‘pudding’ which finds a ready market for feeding to pigs and poultry. Since this pudding was first produced in..Tottenham..such prepared food is known as ‘Tottenham Pudding’. 1966K. Nicholson Hook, Line & Sinker viii. 91 He's a Large White... In the winter, he has his quota of Tottenham Pudding—that's concentrated swill, sterilised by steam. 1980Good Housekeeping Dec. 226/6 The days of muck and mystery, when poultry were fed on ‘Tottenham Pudding’—kitchen waste from hotels and restaurants, boiled up and sterilised. |