scone
A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
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Only hill I will I die on for language is it's "scone" like "gone", everything else is yours.
There are lots of peacocks just wandering around among the public at Scone Palace.
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Did you have a scone? and did it all go to plan?
Made some cookies today!! They are... Very orange-y, but the texture is much more like a scone than a cookie. I bet these would be amazing with tea!
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A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
On Wednesdays I go shopping / And have buttered scones for tea
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(informal, Australia, NZ) The head.
“Only hill I will I die on for language is it's "scone" like "gone", everything else is yours.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There are lots of peacocks just wandering around among the public at Scone Palace.”
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Utah, Idaho) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
Well, that's all right, then, Brian. Sit down. Have a scone. Make yourself at home. You klutz!
“Did you have a scone? and did it all go to plan?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Made some cookies today!! They are... Very orange-y, but the texture is much more like a scone than a cookie. I bet these would be amazing with tea!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just defrosting a scone so I can eat it so will no longer be tempting me. I WILL lose 1.5 stones. Eventually. I had to buy new shorts at the weekend because all my old pairs have shrunk in the wash.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’ll accept it 😂😂😂 -ignore me I was being grumpy. I live in Cornwall and we just pick the scone up and shove it in our faces.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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