Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1738
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BUN, Bunn, n.1 Gen.Sc. use of Eng. bun: "plumcake, or twelfthcake" (Sc. 1782 J. Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. 150); "a sweet cake or loaf, generally one of that kind which is used at the new year, baked with fruit and spiceries; sometimes for this reason called a sweetie-scone" (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Now gen. called Scotch bun or Black Bun, q.v.Per. 1738 Ochtertyre House Booke of Accomps (ed. Colville 1907) 116:
For a bunn . . . 0. 3. 4.
Comb.: bride's bunn, see Bride, n., 1 (1).
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