Obs. [f. BAG sb.1 + PUDDING.]

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  1.  A pudding boiled in a bag.

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1598.  in Florio.

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1600.  Heywood, 1 Edw. IV., Wks. 1874, I. 47. Thou shalt be welcome to beef and bacon, and perhaps a bag-pudding.

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1641.  W. Cartwright, Ordinary, II. i. A solemn son of Bagpudding and Pottage.

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1817.  Scott, Rob Roy, vi. To make room for the beef and the bagpuddings.

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  † 2.  fig. ? Clown. Obs. (Cf. jackpudding.)

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1608.  Day, Hum. out of Br., II. i. (1881), 25. Farewell, sweet heart.—God a mercy, bagpudding.

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