hot cross buns
hot cross buns is the plural of hot cross bun.
Meaning of hot cross bun
Noun
hot cross bun (plural hot cross buns)
- A bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross marked on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Christian countries.
- The Australian has deemed proper to insert in its colums, however exquisite and multiplied the pun may be thought. We allude to that very conspicuous satire upon that new but most indefatigable Magistrate, Captain George Bunn. "Hot cross Buns" — "Hot cross Buns" — We do not see the wit Sir?1827 July 3, The Monitor, Sydney, page 5, column 3
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- What is hot cross buns the plural of?
- Hot cross buns is the plural of hot cross bun.
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