︎pudding ring
n.— «My beard, now a week and a day old, is very heavy in the pudding ring area, weak on the left side, and weaker on the right, and approximately 3/8 of an inch long.» —by Jacob Fujichia (Worcester, Mass.) Nov. 10, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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