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churro

[ choor-oh; Spanish choor-raw ]
/ ˈtʃʊər oʊ; Spanish ˈtʃur rɔ /
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noun, plural chur·ros [choor-ohz; Spanish choor-raws]. /ˈtʃʊər oʊz; Spanish ˈtʃur rɔs/. Mexican Cooking.
a long, slender, deep-fried pastry resembling a cruller.
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Origin of churro

First recorded in 1925–30; from Spanish, perhaps after dialect churro (a kind of coarse-wooled sheep), the name for the inhabitants of the mountainous parts of Valencia, the approximate area where the pastry originated

Words nearby churro

churn out, churn rate, churr, churrasco, churrigueresque, churro, chuse, chute, Chu Teh, chute the chute, chutist
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How to use churro in a sentence

  • This year there were no churros, none of the freedom to explore on their own, and no señoras to iron their underwear.

    Real Madrid|Margery Resnick|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review

  • I took my churro from the pretty granny and paid her, taking a couple of quick bites of the dough before I turned around.

    Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

  • Lester stood among them, eating a churro in a piece of wax-paper.

    Makers|Cory Doctorow
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