pudding time

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pudding time

  1. (obsolete) Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten).
    • 1841, Frederick Marryat, Olla Podrida, page 225:
      Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; []
  2. (obsolete) In the nick of time; critical time, just in time.
    • 1546, John Heywood, A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue:
      I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly.
    • 1623, John Taylor, A new discovery by sea, with a wherry from London to Salisbury:
      But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent
    • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I Canto II:
      Mars, that still protects the stout, / In pudding time came to his aid.
    • 17th century The Vicar of Bray
      When George in Pudding time came o'er, / And Moderate Men looked big, Sir,