[CROSS- 3 c.] A bun indented with a cross, commonly eaten on Good Friday.
1733. Poor Robin’s Almanack, in Brand, Pop. Antiq. (1873), I. 154. Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runs With one or two a penny hot cross buns.
1791. Boswell, Johnson, 9 April, an. 1773. Being Good Friday, I breakfasted with him on tea and cross-buns.
1859. Sala, Tw. round Clock (1861), 80. What becomes of all the cold crossbuns after Good Friday?
