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Chelsea bun

British  

noun

  1. a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar

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A moment ago she would have felt one word was an impossibility and then—oh, blessed bun!—one cannot sob and eat a large Chelsea bun at the same time.

From Judy of York Hill by Bennett, Ethel Hume

You can't, of course, without data," her aunt replied: "but I'm just going to give you——" "Give her a Chelsea bun, Miss!

From A Tangled Tale by Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett)

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