Definition of Sweet roll

1. Noun. Any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Roll

sweet orange
sweet orange tree
sweet oranges
sweet pea
sweet peas
sweet pepper
sweet pepper plant
sweet pepperbush
sweet peppers
sweet pickle
sweet potato
sweet potato vine
sweet potatoes
sweet reseda
sweet rocket
sweet roll (current term)
sweet sand verbena
sweet scabious
sweet science
sweet seventeen
sweet shop
sweet shrub
sweet sixteens
sweet sorghum
sweet spots
sweet sultan
sweet talk
sweet talker
sweet tooth

Literary usage of Sweet roll

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as sweet-sop. sweet-ballt, ». A sweetmeat. This sweet-Roll, Take it to cheere your heart. Heywood, Dialogues (Works, cd. Pearson, 1874, VI. ..."

2. Hotel Meat Cooking: Comprising Hotel and Restaurant Fish and Oyster Cooking by Jessup Whitehead (1901)
"... yeast-raised sweet roll baked in a patty pan and dipped while hot into a syrup of sugar and wine, which partially drives upon the cake. ..."

3. Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"When the jetty-locked Victoriana brings it in the morning for desayuno, with a most excellent sweet roll (an improvement on an English bun), if Messrs. ..."

4. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"It hosts a diversity of stores, cafes and quaint little hole-in-the-wall shops - places where you can have a cup of hot tea and a sweet roll or find unique ..."

5. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"BUNS—A bun is a sweet roll, raised with yeast like ordinary bread, though there are at least a score of different names* shapes and qualities, ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hereupon Ezekiel receives and eata the bitter-sweet roll in which are written " lamentations and mourning and woe ;" he is now ready to go forth to his ..."

7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as sweet-sop. sweet-ballt, ». A sweetmeat. This sweet-Roll, Take it to cheere your heart. Heywood, Dialogues (Works, cd. Pearson, 1874, VI. ..."

8. Hotel Meat Cooking: Comprising Hotel and Restaurant Fish and Oyster Cooking by Jessup Whitehead (1901)
"... yeast-raised sweet roll baked in a patty pan and dipped while hot into a syrup of sugar and wine, which partially drives upon the cake. ..."

9. Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"When the jetty-locked Victoriana brings it in the morning for desayuno, with a most excellent sweet roll (an improvement on an English bun), if Messrs. ..."

10. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"It hosts a diversity of stores, cafes and quaint little hole-in-the-wall shops - places where you can have a cup of hot tea and a sweet roll or find unique ..."

11. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"BUNS—A bun is a sweet roll, raised with yeast like ordinary bread, though there are at least a score of different names* shapes and qualities, ..."

12. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hereupon Ezekiel receives and eata the bitter-sweet roll in which are written " lamentations and mourning and woe ;" he is now ready to go forth to his ..."

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