(esp in Britain) a dish of split peas that have been soaked and boiled served with ham or pork
pease pudding in American English
noun
chiefly Brit
a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg
Word origin
[1750–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1750–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Yankee, infiltrate, permeability, railroad, totem
Examples of 'pease pudding' in a sentence
pease pudding
Has your pease pudding been pleasing diners for over a century?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Cheese pie or a pease pudding stotty.
The Sun (2011)
Airport staff issued a security warning after a passenger tried to carry pease pudding on to an aircraft.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Typical fare includes perre, a sort of soupy pease pudding with saffron, cinnamon and ginger cooked with bread.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's a versatile cut that is best braised or pot-roasted, but it can be smoked and cured and served with pease pudding and mustard sauce.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It has poems ancient and modern, about apple crumble and haggis, roly-poly, pease pudding and how to cut a pomegranate.