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honey bun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A glazed fried yeast pastry with honey and cinnamon in the dough.
  2. (colloquial) Honey; sweetheart (term of endearment).
    • “Oh come off it, honey bun. You know me. I never did the ordinary.” / “Don’t call me honey bun,” said Mum. “I don’t need any of your Americanisms in this house, thank you very much.” 2015, Joy Cowley, chapter 13, in The Bakehouse, Wellington: Gecko Press, →ISBN, page 101:

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