DUMPLING


Meaning of DUMPLING in English

n. 1 a a small ball of usu. suet, flour, and water, boiled in stew or water, and eaten. b a pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in dough and baked. 2 a small fat person.

[ app. dimin., of dump small round object, but recorded much earlier ]

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