Unfamiliar Words in GoF

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

-- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
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> I've been reading GoF again and there are two things mentioned that 
> are unfamiliar to me:  plus-fours and spotted dick.  I'm assuming 
> the  latter is a dessert, but I've never heard of it.

Plus-fours are those silly pants (trousers) that golfers used to 
wear. Americans call them knickers, which makes Brits crack up, 
because they think 'knickers' are feminine panties.

Spotted Dick is a dessert which is a pudding made of suet and 
flour and raisins, therefore it is white with 'black' 
spots, and one dictionary whose URL I have lost claimed it was 
originally named Spotted Dog instead of Spotted Dick. 

here is a different dictionary: http://www.effingpot.com/

BTW, I just found a URL for more OWL *hoot, hoot* info:
 http://www.owlpages.com/