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Sally Lunn

Sally Lunn

8.9
A flat round slightly sweet small cake often served hot with tea
  • noun
  • /ˈsæli lʌn/
  • UK
translation icon : Sally Lunn
  • I had a delicious Sally Lunn with my afternoon tea.

Examples

  • We enjoyed a warm Sally Lunn with clotted cream at the tea shop.

  • She baked a batch of Sally Lunns for the afternoon tea party.

  • The traditional Sally Lunn is often made with yeast and served hot.

  • The Sally Lunns at the café were freshly baked.

  • During afternoon tea, I enjoyed a warm Sally Lunn with butter and jam.

  • The bakery is famous for its delicious Sally Lunn served straight from the oven.

  • At the tea shop, they recommend pairing a Sally Lunn with a cup of Earl Grey.

Synonyms

teacake
vsSally Lunn
  • UK
1 2.2

A small sweet cake or bun often made with dried fruit and served with tea

is a larger flat version usually served hot with traditional tea
tea bread
vsSally Lunn
  • UK
2.3

A sweet bread often made with dried fruit and served with tea

is a cakelike flat round served hot with traditional tea

Surface Forms

Sally Lunn singular
Sally Lunns plural

Morphology

Sally + Lunn

This is an eponymous proper-name for a regional teacake; the constituents 'Sally' and 'Lunn' are personal names with no lexical meanings that would signal a baked good. A B1 learner who knows the words as names would not be able to derive the sense 'type of teacake' from them, so the expression is unpredictable.

Etymology

Sally Lunn may come from a story about a French baker who came to the English city of Bath long ago and sold a round, slightly sweet bread. That's why today Sally Lunn means 'a warm, round teacake' often served with tea.