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General Slang
stotty
· noun · geordie
Big flat round Tyneside bread loaf — a Geordie staple.
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A flat, dense, round loaf of bread roughly the size of a dinner plate, traditionally baked on the bottom of the oven. Sliced through the middle and stuffed with ham and pease pudding, it's the classic Newcastle sandwich. Named because if you drop it, it bounces — 'stot' is Geordie for bounce.
“Get us a ham and pease pudding stotty from Dicksons.”
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stotty In A Sentence
Get us a ham and pease pudding stotty from Dicksons.
Origin & Usage
From Geordie 'stot' (to bounce) — the loaf famously bounces if dropped. North East English baking tradition, 19th century or earlier.
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