Usually means: Pregnant, expecting a baby soon.
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  1. have a bun in the oven: Merriam-Webster
  2. have a bun in the oven: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. have a bun in the oven: Collins English Dictionary
  4. have a bun in the oven: Vocabulary.com
  5. have a bun in the oven: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. have a bun in the oven: Wiktionary
  7. have a bun in the oven: Dictionary.com
  8. have a bun in the oven: Rhymezone
  9. have a bun in the oven: FreeDictionary.org
  10. have a bun in the oven: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. have a bun in the oven: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. have a bun in the oven: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. have a bun in the oven: Encyclopedia

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  1. have a bun in the oven: Idioms

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  1. have a bun in the oven: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (have a bun in the oven)

▸ verb:  (informal, sometimes considered vulgar) To be pregnant; to be expecting a baby.

Similar:
show, bairn, get into trouble, catch, knock up, eat for two, spring, breed, bounce, get it, more...

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show, bairn, get into trouble, catch, knock up, eat for two, spring, breed, bounce, get it, more...



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