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honeybun

honeybun is the alternative form 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

Forms of honeybun

pluralhoneybuns

Questions about honeybun

What is honeybun the alternative form of?
Honeybun is the alternative form of honey bun.

Words near honeybun in the dictionary

  1. Honeybournes
  2. Honeyboy
  3. honeybug
  4. Honeybugle
  5. honeybugs
  6. honeybun
  7. honeybunch
  8. honeybunches
  9. honeybunnies
  10. honeybunny
  11. honeybuns

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