cruller
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈkrʌlər/
- US
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- At the next light, I find myself looking at the Dunkin' Donuts where my mother would take me at three in the morning for coffee and a plain cruller when I was in high school and suffered insomnia.
- crullers and coffee
- eat a cruller
- a dozen crullers
Examples
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Roscoe stopped at the Morris Diner in North Albany to get just-baked French crullers and coffee for Veronica.
Fiction book (2002) -
Have some crullers.
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You know, it's hard to find a good cruller in California.
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Well, I think I'll go get a cruller or something.
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Does he stop in for coffee and a cruller?
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"You need my help?" She bit into a cruller.
Fiction book (2002) -
(Peter) honey, uh, make my cruller with white icing.
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A coffee-dunked cruller?
Fiction book (1990) -
My day begins with a cruller and a cup of weak coffee at the counter of this greasy shop nestled between a laundromat and a nail salon.
Fiction book (2002) -
On Saturday morning, I bought two delicious crullers from the bakery for breakfast.
Synonyms
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8.6
A small sweet of twisted dough that people fry in oil, like a doughnut
How Rich
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cruller comes from a Dutch word krullen, which means 'to curl' or 'to twist'. Think of the English word curl — a cruller is a small fried pastry made in a twisted, curled shape, so the name matches how it looks.