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magic pudding

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A limitless or endlessly replenished resource.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • 2006, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, Volume 286, page 8, Medibank Private is a magic pudding which would make Norman Lindsay proud.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: widow's cruse

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

A reference to the title character in Norman Lindsay's 1918 children′s book The Magic Pudding.