单词 | spotted dog |
释义 | spotted dogn. 1. A white or light-coloured dog with black or dark spots; (now) spec. the Dalmatian. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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