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honey buns

honey buns is the plural of honey bun.

Meaning of honey bun

Noun

honey bun (plural honey buns)

  1. A glazed fried yeast pastry with honey and cinnamon in the dough.
  2. (colloquial) Honey; sweetheart (term of endearment).
    • “Oh come off it, honey bun. You know me. I never did the ordinary.” / “Don’t call me honey bun,” said Mum. “I don’t need any of your Americanisms in this house, thank you very much.”2015, Joy Cowley, chapter 13, in The Bakehouse, Wellington: Gecko Press, →ISBN, page 101

Questions about honey buns

What is honey buns the plural of?
Honey buns is the plural of honey bun.

Words near honey buns in the dictionary

  1. honey bucket
  2. honey buckets
  3. honey bun
  4. honey bunnies
  5. honey bunny
  6. honey buns
  7. honey butter
  8. honey butters
  9. honey buzzard
  10. honey buzzards
  11. honey cart

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