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Sally Lunns

Sally Lunns is the plural of Sally Lunn.

Meaning of Sally Lunn

Noun

Sally Lunn (plural Sally Lunns)

  1. A type of teacake or sweetened bun, leavened with yeast.
    • I had the misfortune to lose a beloved brother in the prime of life, who dropt down dead as he was playing on the fiddle at Sir Robert Throgmorten's, after drinking a large quantity of Bath Waters, and eating a hearty breakfast of spungy hot rolls, or Sally Luns.1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide
  2. (New Zealand) A Boston bun.

Questions about Sally Lunns

What is Sally Lunns the plural of?
Sally Lunns is the plural of Sally Lunn.

Words near Sally Lunns in the dictionary

  1. Sally Ann
  2. Sally Army
  3. sally forth
  4. Sally Lightfoot
  5. Sally Lunn
  6. Sally Lunns
  7. sally port
  8. sally ports
  9. Sally's Cove
  10. Sally-Anne task
  11. Sally-Anne tasks

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