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• sally lunn
  sally lunn

  noun

  a slightly sweetened teacake served hot with butter.
• Sally Lunn
  Sally Lunn

  noun

  a flat round cake made from a sweet yeast dough, usually served hot

sally lunn

American  

[luhn] / lʌn /

Or Sally Lunn

noun

1. a slightly sweetened teacake served hot with butter.

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Sally Lunn British  

/ lʌn /

noun

1. a flat round cake made from a sweet yeast dough, usually served hot

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Etymology

Origin of sally lunn

First recorded in 1770–80; after a woman who sold them in Bath, England, at the end of the 18th century

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It is here that the impartial tribunal of nature pronounces definitely against roast goose, mince pies, pâté de foie gras, sally lunn, muffins and crumpets, and creamy puddings.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen

The rollicking bun, and the gay Sally Lunn!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

Then she set a footstool for her in front of the fire and poured out her tea, and placed hot sweetbread before her, and toast, and Sally Lunn.

From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman

The name of this woman was "Sally Lunn," and ever since a particular kind of tea-cake has gone by that name.

From The Bed-Book of Happiness by Harold Begbie

He calls me "Miss Sally Lunn," and is in a glow of pride at having achieved such an imaginative flight.

From Dear Enemy by Jean Webster

When he came back with a heaping plate of hot biscuits, Sally Lunn and cornbread, she was eating as heartily as any of her neighbors.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips