Norfolk dumpling
- noun
- /ˈnɔːrfək ˈdʌmplɪŋ/
- UK
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dumpling de Norfolk
- The chef explained how to make a traditional Norfolk dumpling using only flour, water, and a pinch of salt.
Examples
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My grandmother always prepared Norfolk dumplings for Sunday lunch as part of a hearty meal.
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At the village fair, we sampled a steaming hot Norfolk dumpling with beef stew.
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We enjoyed a delicious Norfolk dumpling with our meal.
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Have you ever tried a Norfolk dumpling?
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At the village fair, we sampled a steaming hot Norfolk dumpling with beef stew.
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My grandmother always prepared Norfolk dumplings for Sunday lunch as part of a hearty meal.
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The chef explained how to make a traditional Norfolk dumpling using only flour, water, and a pinch of salt.
Synonyms
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A small piece of dough, plain or filled, cooked and eaten, often in soup
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply names a regional variety: 'Norfolk' (a place) + 'dumpling' (a small boiled/steamed dough food) yields a dumpling from Norfolk. This place+food compositional pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Norfolk dumpling comes from simple home cooking in Norfolk: cooks made small balls of plain dough and boiled or steamed them in a pot, so the soft dumplings were a regular 'side dish' to meat and stew. That's why the name still means the soft, steamed or boiled dumpling people eat today.