currant bun
currant bun noun: a bun containing currants. Also the alternative letter-case form of Currant Bun.
Noun
currant bun (plural currant buns)
- A bun containing currants.
Proper noun capitalized: Currant Bun
Currant Bun or the Currant Bun
- The Sun (celestial body).
- Synonyms:
- Bath bun
- The Sun (British newspaper).
- Had to go further down the road to get me Currant Bun / "Hello isn't that George on page one?"1979, “In the Middle of the Night”, performed by Madness
- THAT painfully honest little newspaper, the Sun, was boiling with indignation yesterday about the case of the Tory minister who tried to smear Paddy Ashdown. […] Imagine, for instance, this call. […] K[elvin] M[acKenzie]: “Paddy Pantsdown? We done ’im already, Douggie. Don’t you read the Currant...1992 July 22, Andrew Moncur, “Diary”, in The Guardian, London, page 21, columns 1–5
Also used as
currant bun is also the alternative letter-case form of Currant Bun.
Synonyms of currant bun
Forms of currant bun
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | currant buns |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | currant bun |
Origin of currant bun
From currant + bun.
Questions about currant bun
- What does currant bun mean?
- Currant bun means a bun containing currants.
- What part of speech is currant bun?
- Currant bun can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of currant bun?
- The plural of currant bun is currant buns.
Words near currant bun in the dictionary
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