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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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dumpling
noun
a kind of rich, boiled or steamed fruit pudding:
Saturday night was dumpling night.
la19-
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etymology:
Scots; possibly related to Low German or East Frisian
dump
‘damp, moist, heavy’; attested by
ES in TN