bonnag

plural bonnags

1. chiefly Isle of ManA flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit.

   These delicacies are widely exported and are also part of the Island's cuisine along with fresh fish, lobsters, Manx lamb, kippers and bonnag.

   2001, Trevor Kneale, Derek Croucher, The Isle of Man, page 96

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   Such were the doings in the big house down in the valley, while up in the thatched cottage behind the water-trough, on potatoes and herrings and barley bonnag, lived Bridget and her little Pete.

   1899, Hall Caine, The Manxman: A Novel, page 13

   […] being assigned to my Aunt Bridget, provided that I should henceforward live on the ground floor and eat oaten cake and barley bonnag and sleep alone in the cold room over the hall […]

   1913, Hall Caine, The woman thou gavest me: being the story of Mary O'Neill, page 16

   The aroma of baking pastry beckoned from the confectionery next door. “I'd like to try some typical cake.” Amandine pleaded. Gudrad got her a bonnag, a sort of scone made with buttermilk. / […] / On the way she bought some bonnags at the corner bakery.

   2009, Elena Scialtiel, Amandine: Amour. Glamour. On Tour, pages 90, 433

   Traditionally, the boys of the Isle of Man would go from house to house carrying turnips or cabbages on sticks and hope to be rewarded with apples, bonnag (a tea plate-sized fruit cake), herring and possibly some sweets […]

   2012, Jeremy Hobson, Curious Country Customs, page 178