Definition of Cinnamon bun

1. Noun. Rolled dough spread with cinnamon and sugar (and raisins) then sliced before baking.

Exact synonyms: Cinnamon Roll, Cinnamon Snail
Generic synonyms: Coffee Roll, Sweet Roll

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinnamon Bun

cinnamein
cinnamene
cinnamenes
cinnamic
cinnamic acid
cinnamic alcohol
cinnamic aldehyde
cinnamomic
cinnamon
cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner
cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaners
cinnamon bark
cinnamon bear
cinnamon bread
cinnamon bun (current term)
cinnamon fern
cinnamon oil
cinnamon roll
cinnamon rolls
cinnamon snail
cinnamon stick
cinnamon sticks
cinnamon stone
cinnamon sugar
cinnamon toast
cinnamon vine
cinnamone
cinnamons
cinnamony

Literary usage of Cinnamon bun

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

1. Island Song Lyrics by Larry W. Jones (2003)
"When The Day Is Done (08/27/2002) (#192) Every day is bike Kona coffee and a cinnamon bun I dream away and say hello to the morning sun I smile to myself ..."

2. Modern Primary Arithmetic by Bruce Mervellon Watson, Charles Edward White (1918)
"10. Buttered toast, rice pudding, and glass of milk. 11. Frizzled beef, buttered toast, a cinnamon bun, and a cup of coffee. ..."

3. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"... the inner webs of rectrices rather broadly edged with pale cinnamon or cinnamon-bun, the outer webs sometimes indistinctly edged with the same: wing? ..."

4. The Modern Club Book of Recipes by Mercy Richards Essig, Modern Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) (1921)
"WILLIAM E. BANNER cinnamon bun Butter size of egg 2 cups flour before sifting 1 cup sugar 1 cup milk 1 egg Cinnamon 3 tsp. baking powder Brown sugar ..."

5. Philadelphia Cook Book: A Manual of Home Economics by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer (1886)
"cinnamon bun 2 ounces of butter i teaspoonful of salt 3 eggs i pint of milk y2 cup of yeast or half of a compressed cake Put the milk in a farina boiler to ..."

6. Our Philadelphia by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1914)
"Old associations, old emotions, were stirred by the fragrance of the Cinnamon Bun that is never so fragrant out of Philadelphia, and one of the crudest ..."

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