"Plum duff" Quotes from Famous Books
... the boatswain, for the ship being undermanned, the aid of the passengers was urgently required. In consequence I was invited by the sailors to participate on Sundays, in the one delicacy of the sailors' mess, plum duff. I left ... — Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie • Andrew Carnegie
... effort to avert his impending doom. If the blacks could be induced to eat the dinner he was cooking their attention to himself might be diverted, and their appetites appeased, so he pointed towards the pots, saying, "Plenty beef, pork, plum duff." ... — The Book of the Bush • George Dunderdale
... splendid lobscouse an' plum duff I kin make," returned the negro, "Ranny Valony would hab sent me a silk lamba an' made me her chief cook. Hows'ever, dere's a good time comin'. I s'pose I ain't to go ... — The Fugitives - The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar • R.M. Ballantyne |