English Explanatory Dictionary

chow mein bun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

chow mein bun chow mein buns

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.

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