chow mein bun

noun

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

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Meanings

nounchow mein bun (plural chow mein buns)

plural chow mein buns

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

Origin

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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chow mein bun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chow%20mein%20bun

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