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penny buns

penny buns is the plural of penny bun.

Meaning of penny bun

Noun

penny bun (plural penny buns)

  1. A small bun that sells for a penny.
    • I told him of that Sunday evening in Ross when I went home to my dinner, and my mother had no dinner for me; I told him how I had one penny piece in my pocket; I told him how I went out and bought for it a penny bun, and how I stole to the back of the house and thievishly ate that penny bun without...2015, Enda Delaney, Breandán Mac Suibhne, Ireland’s Great Famine and Popular Politics, →ISBN
  2. An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).
    • The penny bun can be found in many regions and in a variety of woodland.2013, Pelle Holmberg, Hans Marklund, The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms, →ISBN

Questions about penny buns

What is penny buns the plural of?
Penny buns is the plural of penny bun.

Words near penny buns in the dictionary

  1. penny bank
  2. penny banks
  3. Penny Black
  4. Penny Blacks
  5. penny bun
  6. penny buns
  7. penny candies
  8. penny candy
  9. penny chew
  10. penny chews
  11. penny dog

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