General Overnight trains
Overnight trains offer an inexpensive berth and the chance to cover long distances while you sleep, saving valuable vacation time
Overnight trains offer an inexpensive berth and the chance to cover long distances while you sleep, saving valuable vacation time
The generic British word for dessert is "pudding."
In the 19th century, the "g" was sometimes pronounced as a harder "k." Sometimes, the "n" got dropped. Sometimes that was shortened by slicing off the "pud."
In other words, small, incremental changes resulted in pudding->puddink->puddik->dick.
It's not meant to be dirty; it's just a Victorian synonym for "dessert."
Pepper a cake with currants or raisins, and you get "spots" in your pudding, hence: spotted dick.