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Kitchener bun

Kitchener bun noun: synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).

Noun

Kitchener bun (plural Kitchener buns)

  1. (Australia, World-War-I, obsolete) Synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).
    Synonyms:
    berliner
  2. (Australia) An open-faced cream-and-jelly version of the Berliner (“jelly donut”) found in South Australia

Synonyms of Kitchener bun

Forms of Kitchener bun

pluralKitchener buns

Origin of Kitchener bun

A World War One rebranding exercise of the berliner/Berliner (“jelly donut”) to avoid its association with Berlin, Germany. Named after British General Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Questions about Kitchener bun

What does Kitchener bun mean?
Kitchener bun means synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).
What part of speech is Kitchener bun?
Kitchener bun is a noun.
What is the plural of Kitchener bun?
The plural of Kitchener bun is Kitchener buns.

Words near Kitchener bun in the dictionary

  1. kitchenboy
  2. kitchenboys
  3. kitchendom
  4. kitchened
  5. kitchener
  6. Kitchener bun
  7. Kitchener buns
  8. Kitchener stitch
  9. Kitchener stitches
  10. kitcheners
  11. kitchenet

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