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roly-poly

9.4

A British pudding made from rich pastry rolled with jam and steamed or baked

noun
/ˈrəʊliˌpəʊli/

: pudín enrollado

And some of that nice roly-poly pudding with jam on it, the way you like it?

Examples

Do you remember the time Annie made me the jam roly-poly when I had the chicken pox?

Fiction book (1997)
Has she ever had roly-poly pudding?

West Is West (2010)
Bobby: Was it a nice jam roly-poly?

Fiction book (1997)
Pudding will also be a choice: bread and butter pudding, suet roly poly and cherry sponge with custard.

Britannia Hospital (1982)
For dessert, we enjoyed a delicious roly-poly filled with sweet strawberry jam.
She served traditional roly-poly pudding at the family gathering last Sunday.
Every Sunday, my grandmother makes her famous roly-poly with custard for everyone.

Synonyms

suet pudding

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1 7.6

A steamed or boiled pudding made from suet, a hard beef fat, and flour, often sweet

is the rolled suet pastry dessert filled with jam not a plain suet mix

roly-poly pudding

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8.2

A rolled sweet pudding made from suet pastry filled with jam, often steamed or baked

is the same dessert but represents the customary short name

steamed pudding

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2.8

A sweet or savory dish cooked by steaming, often made from flour and eggs

is the classic version made by rolling suet pastry filled with jam

Surface Forms

roly-poly singular

roly-polies plural

Etymology

Roly-poly for the pudding likely comes from the simple word roll plus a playful rhyme like polly, because the suet pastry is spread with jam and then rolled up like a 'roll', so the name fits the rolled dessert.