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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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sally lunn Sally Lunn

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

"No girl ever had such good friends as Sally Lunn," she said.

From Strawberry Acres by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

Toto and Billina followed behind them, behaving very well, and a little way down the street they came to a handsome residence where Aunt Sally Lunn lived.

From The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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

They couldn't account for the disappearance of pies and cakes and Sally Lunn—say, how I do love Sally Lunn.

From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon

Now for the chicken and ham—now for the gay Sally Lunn!

From Betty Trevor by Victor Prout