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Definition of Hot cross bun
1. Noun. Moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze.
Definition of Hot cross bun
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot Cross Bun
Literary usage of Hot cross bun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"We sailed that afternoon at the mystic hour of one— Remarkably nice young men
were the crew of the " hot cross bun." I'm sorry to say that I've heard that ..."
2. The fireside encyclopaedia of poetry: Comprising the best poems of the most by Henry Troth Coates, Rea (1881)
"But here, on the hot cross bun ; it was " How do you do, my dear?" When Jack Tars
growl, I believe they growl with a big big D— But the strongest oath of ..."
3. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"(I do not mean that tempests threaten'd the hot cross bun : In that case I don't
know whatever we should have done !) After a fortnight's cruise, ..."
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