"honey-bun" meaning in English

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          "text": "Please don’t be mad at me, honey-bun. I’ll get over this after a while. I’ll do better.",
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          "text": "He called on me formally during my first week and stayed to tea; he ate a very heavy meal of honey-buns, anchovy toast and Fuller’s walnut cake, […]",
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          "ref": "1949, Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, Joshua Logan, “Act Two, Scene IV”, in South Pacific: A Musical Play, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 132:",
          "text": "Oh, Luther, you really are a honey-bun! These beautiful flowers! I needed someone to think of me tonight. I appreciate it, Luther—you don’t know how much.",
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          "text": "“I’ll tell you what’s good, Mrs. Threadgoode, are those frozen honey-buns.” / “Honey-buns?” / “Yes. They’re like cinnamon buns. You know.”",
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          "text": "‘But I’m not special like Dad and you,’ I finally said. ‘I’m just ordinary.’ / ‘Oh, honey-bun,’ Mum said, brushing the hair away from my face. ‘Being small was the least interesting, the least amazing thing about your dad.[…]’",
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