HOW TO PRONOUNCE
scone
/skoʊ̯n/
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What does scone mean?
noun
- A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
- Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
- (informal) The head.
More meanings (3)
verb
- (slang) To hit on the head.
proper noun
- A village north of Perth in Scotland; the coronation site of Scottish kings until 1651
- A town in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia
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IPA pronunciation
/skoʊ̯n/
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On the first of January, one thousand six hundred and fifty-one, the Scottish people crowned him at Scone.
So thanks to all at once, and to each one, Whom we invite to see us crown’d at Scone.
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Later on the cook found that he could bake a sort of flat bannock or scone on this stove, but he was seriously hampered for want of yeast or baking-powder.
Approaching Scone, wide farming and grazing levels, with pretty frequent glimpses of a troublesome plant—a particularly devilish little prickly pear, daily damned in the orisons of the agriculturist; imported by a lady of sentiment, and contributed gratis to the colony.
“Why you fantastic gomeral,” exclaimed Burns, “it was not the great coat, the scone bonnet, and the saunders-boot hose that I spoke to, but the man that was in them; and the man, sir, for true worth, would weigh down you and me, and ten more such, any day.”