any of a variety of sweet or savoury puddings made with suet and steamed or boiled
suet pudding in American English
noun
a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
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, continental, infiltrate, quartz, swish
Examples of 'suet pudding' in a sentence
suet pudding
Made a kettle of mush and have now a suet pudding and beef boiling.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There they are fed a relentless diet of steak, brains, kidneys, suet pudding and mock-turtle soup made from the boiled head of a calf.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
We were fed on pastries and suet puddings and expected to clean our plates.
The Sun (2013)
It leans heavily on seasonal game: there are game terrines, broths and suet puddings.