pudding time

noun

1

archaic : dinnertime

as it was pudding time with us, our visitor was … invited to sit and eat

—J. K. Townsend

2

archaic : an auspicious moment

here he comes in pudding time to resolve the question

—John Dryden & W. C. Newcastle

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