Definition of Pudding-wife

1. Noun. Bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil.

Exact synonyms: Halicoeres Radiatus, Puddingwife
Generic synonyms: Wrasse
Group relationships: Genus Halicoeres, Halicoeres

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pudding-wife

pudden
pudden-head
puddening
puddens
pudder
puddered
puddering
pudders
puddies
puddin'
pudding
pudding-basin
pudding-face
pudding-headed
pudding-wife (current term)
pudding basin
pudding basin haircut
pudding basins
pudding berry
pudding face
pudding head
pudding pipe tree
pudding rice
pudding stone
puddingheaded
puddingless
puddinglike
puddings
puddingwife

Literary usage of Pudding-wife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New English Canaan by Thomas Morton (2000)
"... and his shirt like a [170] pudding-wife's apron.616 In this employment Shackles takes a great felicity, and glories in the practice of it. ..."

2. New English Canaan Text & Notes by Jack Dempsey (2001)
"... and his shirt like a [170] pudding-wife's apron.616 ln this employment Shackles takes a great felicity, and glories in the practice of it. ..."

3. New English Canaan: Text, Notes, Biography & Criticism by Thomas Morton (1999)
"... and his shirt like a [170] pudding-wife's apron.616 In this employment Shackles takes a great felicity, and glories in the practice of it. ..."

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