horse bun

noun

A horse's dropping.

Meanings

nounhorse bun (plural horse buns)

plural horse buns

  1. colloquialA horse's dropping.

    One day a small neighborhood boy collects horse buns, from the milk wagon horse, and puts them along the bottom folds of the freshly washed double-hung white sheets.

    1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
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APA

horse bun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20bun

MLA

“horse bun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20bun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horse bun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20bun.

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