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dumpling

[duhmp-ling] / ˈdʌmp lɪŋ /


NOUN
milquetoast
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Amazon is now awash with squishy products: There is a cheese squishy, glitter dumpling squishies and even a squishy that resembles a stick of butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

But that has largely been the result of viewers dumpling cable, not actual growth in the market, data show.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

A chance to reconsider not just the dumpling, but the story we tell about what Polish food is, though the pierogi rethink doesn’t stop at fillings.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

An antithesis of everything you think a dumpling would be, it’s an homage to every Scorpionic being, to their dueling urges to be both loved and protected from others.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

A woman with white hair and the soft, round face of a dumpling answers, still laughing from the conversation she left.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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