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A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
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A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia
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noun
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
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noun
Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
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Qualifier: Utah; Idaho; Utah; Idaho
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noun
The head.
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Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal
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verb
To hit on the head.
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Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, transitive
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noun
small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
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Broader terms: quick bread
Narrower terms: drop scone, griddlecake, Scotch pancake
History
Borrowed from Scots Scone.
Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”). Alternatively, might derive from Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).
Across languages
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