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cinnamon bun

American  

noun

  1. a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.


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I use it two days later to buy a loaf of rye bread, plus pastries for Salmon and me: ham-and-cheese croissant, cinnamon bun.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Then I rolled it up like a cinnamon bun.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025

In fact, from a table outside the new Gail's you could easily throw a cinnamon bun and hit both a Caffe Nero and a Costa.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

The intestines were spiraled like a cinnamon bun, and the stomach had a muscular layer and a layer of glands, indicating that the fish used digestive juices.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022

There was a half-eaten cinnamon bun and a bottle of water left from our pit stop in the middle of the trip.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

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