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chow mein bun

noun

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.

  1. derived from *bʰenǵʰ-✻ — “thick, dense, fat”
  2. derived from *bungô✻
  3. derived from *bungjo✻ — “little clump”
  4. derived from bugne
  5. derived from bugne — “bump on the head; fritter”
  6. inherited from bunne — “wheat cake, bun”

Definitions

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

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

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