D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

hot cross bun

/(-bŭn`)/ · hot· cross bun · IPA
01 n. A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday; called also cross bun.
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    A bun or cake marked with a cross of icing, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday; called also cross bun. Also: cross bun