hot cross bun

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hot cross bun
    n 1: moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins
         and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
         [syn: {cross bun}, {hot cross bun}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hot cross bun \hot" cross bun`\ (-b[u^]n`), n.
   A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to
   be eaten on Good Friday; called also {cross bun}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cross-bun \Cross"-bun`\ (-b[u^]n`), n.
   A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to
   be eaten on Good Friday; also, called {{hot cross bun}}, even
   when not hot.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

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