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hot cross bun en · NOUN

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1. A bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross marked on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in Christian countries.
   • The Australian has deemed proper to insert in its colums, however exquisite and multiplied the pun may be thought. We allude to that very conspicuous satire upon that new but most indefatigable Magistrate, Captain George Bunn. "Hot cross Buns" — "Hot cross Buns" — We do not see the wit Sir? 1827 July 3, The Monitor, Sydney, page 5, column 3:

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it panino di Pasqua (a type of a bun) · af paasbolletjie (a type of a bun) · it panino pasquale (a type of a bun)