Sally Lunn

English

Alternative forms

• Sally Lunn bun

Etymology

Probably from the name of a 17th-century English baker.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsali ˈlʌn/

Noun

Sally Lunn (plural Sally Lunns)

1. A type of teacake or sweetened bun, leavened with yeast.
   • 1780, Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarian's Bath Guide:

     I had the misfortune to lose a beloved brother in the prime of life, who dropt down dead as he was playing on the fiddle at Sir Robert Throgmorten's, after drinking a large quantity of Bath Waters, and eating a hearty breakfast of spungy hot rolls, or Sally Luns.

   • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 131:

     A slice of Sally Lunn, still warm from its swaddling of serviette, is more to her liking.