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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

Why, I shall only want a Bath bun and a glass of milk every day.

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

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

“Thanks, no,” said the baronet, changing his position, giving his hat a turn, and flourishing out the Bath bun, which fell upon the carpet before him.

From Lady Maude's Mania by Fenn, George Manville

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

One day she fancied a Bath bun; sent the new maid to the pastry-cook's.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles