α. See hot adj. and n.1 and cross-bun n.
β. nonstandard 1900s– hot crossed bun.
单词 | hot cross bun |
释义 | hot cross bunn.α. See hot adj. and n.1 and cross-bun n. β. nonstandard 1900s– hot crossed bun. A type of sweet spiced currant bun marked with a cross and traditionally eaten hot or toasted on Good Friday. (cf. cross-bun n.).Hot is now always included in the name even though the bun is usually sold cold. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > bun > [noun] bun1371 wig1376 barley-bun1552 simnel cake1699 simlin1701 muffin1703 Chelsea bun1711 cross-bun1733 hot cross bun1733 penny bun1777 Sally Lunn1780 huffkin1790 Bath-bun1801 teacake1832 English muffin1842 saffron bun1852 Belgian bun1854 Valentine-bun1854 cinnamon roll1872 lunn1874 Yorkshire teacake1877 barmbrack1878 cinnamon bun1879 sticky bun1880 pan dulce1882 schnecke1899 wad1919 tabnab1933 1733 Poor Robin sig. A7 Good Friday comes this Month, the old woman runs With one or two a Penny hot cross Bunns. 1768 Adventures Oxymel Classic II. xli. 233 [He], on a Good Friday, once began his discourse in the following words: ‘One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!’ 1799 Proc. Old Bailey 8 May 364/1 Q. Do you remember Good Friday?..What had you for breakfast? A. Hot cross buns. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 405 Hot-cross-buns are..consecrated loaves, bestowed in the church as alms, and to those who..could not receive the host,..made from the dough from whence the host itself is taken. 1880 A. Beardsley Let. 1 Apr. (1971) 12 On Good Friday we had hot cross buns for breakfast. 1904 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 29 Sept. 4/3 Mouths bulging full of puffed rice, hot cross buns..and other eatables. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair iv. 39 Only one thing your Aunt Lin makes better than me..hot cross buns, and that's only once a year. So there! 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vii. 250 The special association of hot cross buns with Good Friday began only after the Reformation. 2001 Church Times 6 Apr. 12/5 The shops in St Albans tempt us with Easter eggs and hot cross buns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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