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• Bath bun
  Bath bun

  noun

  a round, sweet bun, usually containing raisins, citron, etc.
• bath bun
  bath bun

  noun

  a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit

Bath bun

American  

noun

1. a round, sweet bun, usually containing raisins, citron, etc.

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bath bun British  

noun

1. a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit

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Etymology

Origin of Bath bun

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Mulligatawny soup, A mackerel or a sole, A Banbury and a Bath bun, And a tuppenny sausage roll.

From An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by Orpen, William, Sir

The sausage roll, like the cup of chocolate, was soon followed by another; and a big Bath bun completed a debauch of which Dr. Bompas would undoubtedly have disapproved.

From The Camera Fiend by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

A Bath bun was accordingly bought, carried home, and put carefully away in the doll’s house.

From The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales by Goble, Warwick

It was evident, however, that she was a little lady, though she wore a badly made frock, and her hat sat like a hard, extraneous Bath bun on the top of her neat head.

From The Port of Adventure by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Having refreshed my mind with a hurried inspection of this delightful, albeit, somewhat miscellaneous gathering, and my body with a twopenny Bath bun, I gracefully retired, greatly pleased with the afternoon's entertainment.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 by Various