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.

Exact synonyms: Cross Bun
Generic synonyms: Coffee Roll, Sweet Roll

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

hot cereal
hot chair
hot check
hot chicken
hot chickens
hot chips
hot chisel
hot chocolate
hot closet
hot closets
hot cockles
hot cocoa
hot coppers
hot corner
hot cross bun
hot cross buns
hot cupboard
hot damn
hot dark matter
hot dates
hot desk
hot desker
hot deskers
hot desking
hot desks
hot diggety
hot diggety dog
hot diggity

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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