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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

Singin' Hinnies—i.e. a species of Sally Lunn teacake only larger.

From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Richard Runciman Terry

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

"We're even happier," said Josephine, laughing softly, "for it seems at last as if we have Sally Lunn back."

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

He found himself answering, in a genuinely cheerful tone: "I'm certainly mighty glad you're alive, Sally Lunn!"

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

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