bonnag

bonnag noun: a flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit.

Noun

bonnag (plural bonnags)

(chiefly Isle of Man) A flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit.
- Such were the doings in the big house down in the valley, while up in the thatched cottage behind the water-trough, on potatoes and herrings and barley bonnag, lived Bridget and her little Pete.1899, Hall Caine, The Manxman: A Novel, page 13
- […] being assigned to my Aunt Bridget, provided that I should henceforward live on the ground floor and eat oaten cake and barley bonnag and sleep alone in the cold room over the hall […]1913, Hall Caine, The woman thou gavest me: being the story of Mary O'Neill, page 16

These delicacies are widely exported and are also part of the Island's cuisine along with fresh fish, lobsters, Manx lamb, kippers and bonnag.2001, Trevor Kneale, Derek Croucher, The Isle of Man, page 96:
Gudrad got her a bonnag, a sort of scone made with buttermilk. / […] / On the way she bought some bonnags at the corner bakery.2009, Elena Scialtiel, Amandine: Amour. Glamour. On Tour, pages 90, 433:

plural	bonnags

From Manx bonnag. Compare Irish bonnóg (“bannock, scone”), based on Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bannock.

What does bonnag mean?: Bonnag means a flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit.
How do you use bonnag in a sentence?: These delicacies are widely exported and are also part of the Island's cuisine along with fresh fish, lobsters, Manx lamb, kippers and bonnag.
What part of speech is bonnag?: Bonnag is a noun.
What is the plural of bonnag?: The plural of bonnag is bonnags.

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