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jam-ee-DOJ-uh/ˌdʒæmi ˈdɒdʒə/

A jammy dodger is a round British biscuit with jam in the middle and a hole in the top biscuit. Countable: a jammy dodger, jammy dodgers. A doughnut is thicker and fried, often with a hole through the whole cake; a sandwich biscuit may have cream, not jam you can see. Mix-up: jam (the fruit spread) alone — here it is one biscuit name.

Meaning

A round British biscuit with jam in the middle and a hole on top.

Examples

• “She packed a jammy dodger in her lunch box.”
• “There is jam on my fingers from the jammy dodger.”
• “We bought a packet of jammy dodgers.”

Good to know

a jammy dodger (British biscuit, jam, hole). Contrast: doughnut (fried), cream biscuit. Mix-up: jam.

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