in the pudding club

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Pregnant.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 in the pudding club.ogg

Word forms

in the pudding club

Etymology

* Possibly derived from the round shape of a pregnant abdomen, resembling that of a traditional boiled pudding. * An alternative suggestion is an association with dialectal English pod (“belly”), German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Low German Puddek (“lump, pudding”).

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