The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Duff

Sea Terms

A sea-pudding made from a paste of flour and water and boiled.

Plum Duff is the above with the addition of raisins.

Railroad Duff refers to a duff in which the raisins are so few and far between that sailors say they find one only at each station.

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