·noun A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.
·add. ·- A native or inhabitant of Norfolk. II. Norfolk dumpling ·add. ·- A kind of boiled dumpling...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A nick name, or term of jocular reproach to a Norfolk man; dumplings being a favourite food in that ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose