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bain [< Cdn F beigne fritter] Obs. 
n. See quotes.
See also: bang
- 1862 (1931) [He] gave us a loaf of bread . . . a nice change after bain.
- 1869 (1942) . . . for supper we had a large caribou roasted and some "bangs" --cakes made by frying a batter of flour and water in tallow, improved by the addition of some pounded whitefish roe.
- 1862 (1931) [He] gave us a loaf of bread . . . a nice change after bain.