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kitchener bun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
kitch-en-er bun
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).

Australian usage; Obsolete

noun

An open-faced cream-and-jelly version of the Berliner (“jelly donut”) found in South Australia

Australian usage

Etymology

A World War One rebranding exercise of the berliner/Berliner (“jelly donut”) to avoid its association with Berlin, Germany. Named after British General Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kitchener buns (plural)

Synonyms

berliner

Questions

What does kitchener bun mean?
Synonym of berliner (“filled pastry”).
Where does kitchener bun come from?
A World War One rebranding exercise of the berliner/Berliner (“jelly donut”) to avoid its association with Berlin, Germany. Named after British General Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

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