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Stodge

//stɒd͡ʒ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Heavy, dull, often starchy food, such as a steamed pudding British, countable, uncountable

    "The meal was nothing but heavy stodge with no fresh vegetables."

  2. 2
    heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food wordnet
  3. 3
    Anything dull and bland. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Critics dismissed the book as academic stodge."

Verb
  1. 1
    To stuff; to cram. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

Etymology 2

Late 17th century, of "symbolic" origin, suggested by stuff and podge. Compare stog.

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