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chow mein bun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
chow mein bun
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chinese-American food, a hamburger bun filled with chow mein and slathered with a brown sauce.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

From chow mein + bun. Coined in the 1930s, having been invented in Massachusetts, and then spread throughout North America's Americanized Chinese cuisine culture, and Americanized Jewish culture.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chow mein buns (plural)

Questions

What does chow mein bun mean?
A Chinese-American food, a hamburger bun filled with chow mein and slathered with a brown sauce.
Where does chow mein bun come from?
From chow mein + bun. Coined in the 1930s, having been invented in Massachusetts, and then spread throughout North America's Americanized Chinese cuisine culture, and Americanized Jewish culture.

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