Mudcat Café message #2240148

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Posted By: MartinRyan
19-Jan-08 - 03:43 PM
Thread Name: Online Songbook:Put's Original California Songster
Subject: RE: Online Songbook:Put's Original California Songster

In "Coming round the Horn", "duff" is probably plum-duff - suet pudding with currants. As close as sailors ever got to dessert! See Patrick O'Brian for example.

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