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

He trained me just once too often, but that was in London, in a shop near Oxford Circus, and it was a Bath bun that made me restless.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

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

From The Kitchen Cat and Other Stories by Walton, Amy

Here Stephen lifted from the mantelpiece what looked like a fossil Bath bun, but was actually a clay tablet covered with minute indented writing.

From The Mystery of 31 New Inn by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)

By four o'clock there was I sitting outside that confectioner's, wearing enough pennies to buy the shop out, and yet not a Bath bun to the good!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 by Various

"Well, sir, a Bath bun and a glass of milk," Bertie replied, looking vainly round the enormous table in search of his favourite dainty.

From Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various