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scone

see also: Scone

Pronunciation

Noun

scone (plural scones)

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
(Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
- 1993: "A Fork in the Road: Mom-and-Pop Eateries in Far Reaches of Utah Offer Som of the Finest Fair" by Ann Whiting Orton, Deseret News
  Dinner rolls and deep-fried crusty scones that border on loaf-size or juicy fruit pies tagged with county-fair blue ribbons rise from backroad eating sites.
(informal, Australia, NZ) The head.
- 2011 February 2, "Power hitting Pakistani leaves mark on lensman", Hawke's Bay Today ↗
  …the white ball left a 5cm gash on his scone despite a floppy white hat absorbing some of the impact.
- 2015 July 15, "Cogstate can count on rich pipeline of cognitive test trials", The Australian ↗
  After Essendon coach James Hird tumbled off his bike and hit his scone on the unforgiving South Yarra terrain on Monday night, the chances are he was administered the Cogstate concussion test.

Translations

Verb

scone (scones, present participle sconing; past and past participle sconed)

(transitive, slang, Australia, NZ) To hit on the head.
- 2004 December 3, "Sconed by a space rock - and then the headaches started", The Sydney Morning Herald ↗

Scone

Pronunciation

Proper noun

A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
- c. 1606, Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Act II, Scene 4, line 992:
  ROSS: Will you to Scone?
  MACDUFF: No, cousin, I'll to Fife.

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