British slang for pudding or dessert; can also mean a paw or hand (informal).
Short for 'pudding,' which comes from Old French 'boudin' meaning sausage. The abbreviated 'pud' became common in British English as casual spoken speech, eventually written down in informal contexts.
The word 'pudding' originally meant a sausage-like thing made by filling animal intestines with meat—nothing sweet about it! Pudding evolved into a dessert over centuries, making 'pud' one of language's sweetest transformations.
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