Wiktionary
figgy-dowdy
n. A sort of sweet pudding, containing a large proportion of suet or pork fat, with raisins, currants and liquor.
Usage examples of "figgy-dowdy".
And there’s figgy-dowdy to come, and woodcocks on toast, and then the punch.
He would not even stop long enough to take in fresh supplies from the bum-boats that came round the ship, observing in his decided manner 'that they were not here to blow out their kites with lobscouse, nor to choke their luffs with figgy-dowdy, but to convey the Catalan troops to Santandero without a moment's loss of time -dried peas would answer very well until they should reach Santandero,' and with a fresh breeze, a following tide, and a fine sense of urgency they stood south-west.