chow mein bun

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(US, Canada, cuisine) A Chinese-American food, a hamburger bun filled with chow mein and slathered with a brown sauce.

Origin: From . Coined in the 1930s, having been invented in Massachusetts, and then spread throughout North America's Americanized Chinese cuisine culture, and Americanized Jewish culture. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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