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单词 spotted dog
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spotted dogn.

Brit. /ˌspɒtᵻd ˈdɒɡ/, U.S. /ˌspɑdəd ˈdɔɡ/, /ˌspɑdəd ˈdɑɡ/
Forms: see spotted adj. and dog n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spotted adj., dog n.1
Etymology: < spotted adj. + dog n.1 With sense 2 compare slightly earlier Spotted Dick n. 1.
1. A white or light-coloured dog with black or dark spots; (now) spec. the Dalmatian.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > Dalmatian
spotted dog1621
tiger-dog1682
carriage dog1760
Dalmatian dog1810
coach-dog1840
plum pudding1851
plum-pudding dog1852
lesser Dane1870
Spotted Dick1880
Dalmatian1893
1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention ix. 68 Some..will ascribe more excellency to one colour then to another, as the Blacke to be the best and hardest, the Lyuer-hued swiftest in swimming, and the Pyed or Spotted Dogge, quickest of sent.
1852 Pop. Educator 1 232/2 There are two breeds of spotted dogs—the Dalmatian and the Danish.
1910 F. W. Hackwood Inns, Ales, & Drinking Customs 288 The ‘Talbot’ readily became known among the vulgar as the ‘Spotted Dog’.
1930 E. C. Ash Pract. Dog Bk. 47 The Spotted Dog [sc. the Dalmatian] became the dog of the Circus.
2013 Dog Encycl. ii. 286/1 The Dalmatian is the only spotted dog in existence today.
2. A traditional British steamed pudding made with suet and dried fruit, esp. currants or raisins. Also more fully spotted dog pudding. Cf. Spotted Dick n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > plum pudding
plum pudding1630
Christmas puddingc1650
hunting-pudding1786
hunter pudding1815
cabinet pudding1821
college-pudding1829
plum duff1834
Spotted Dick1849
spotted dog1852
1852 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 111/2 For supper come smoking sheepsheads in halves, pork and mutton pies,..and ‘spotted dog’, a very marly species of plum-pudding.
1896 Lady's Realm Dec. 226/1 Season the inside of the pheasant, fill it with the forcemeat, and roll it up into the shape of a spotted dog pudding.
a1936 R. Kipling Something of Myself (1937) i. 18 An enormous currant roly-poly—a ‘spotted dog’ a foot long.
1974 Country Life 25 Apr. 990/1 The other hound..reminded me of a spotted dog pudding at school.
2013 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Nov. (Final ed.) 35 Asked to make a spotted dog pudding to demonstrate the uses for an old copper boiler, she was told..to make another one with ‘more spots’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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