currant bun
Britishnoun
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a sweet bun containing currants
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another name for black bun
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slang:rhyming son
Example Sentences
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Shahrzad is a scrap of a girl, with round currant bun eyes, heavy brows and a wild Afro-style mop of hair, but she is also a reincarnation of her famous precursor, Scheherazade.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
"Good boy," said Angel, and The Seraph presented the little dog with the large currant bun.
From Explorers of the Dawn by Morley, Christopher
There’s a currant bun, a box of chocolates, and a bottle of gingerbeer.
From Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo by Farrow, G. E. (George Edward)
On the Jersey side my master said to a stranger who stood eating a currant bun: "Me and my doggie, we are bound for the Rocky Mountains."
From The Four Million by Henry, O.
He was made nearly tipsy at a funeral--was shown how to carve haggis--and a fit of bile was the consequence, of his too plentifully partaking of a superabundantly rich currant bun.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
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