currant bun

British  

noun

1. a sweet bun containing currants

2. another name for black bun

3. slang:rhyming son

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Example Sentences

Shahrzad is a scrap of a girl, with round currant bun eyes, heavy brows and a wild Afro-style mop of hair, but she is also a reincarnation of her famous precursor, Scheherazade.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Indeed, for lurid and somewhat pessimistic narrative, there is nothing like the ordinary currant bun, eaten new and in quantity.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Smith, his mouth full of currant bun, spluttered with laughter.

From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis

He was made nearly tipsy at a funeral--was shown how to carve haggis--and a fit of bile was the consequence, of his too plentifully partaking of a superabundantly rich currant bun.

From A Love Story by A Bushman

On the Jersey side my master said to a stranger who stood eating a currant bun: "Me and my doggie, we are bound for the Rocky Mountains."

From The Four Million by Henry, O.