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cruller

or krul·ler

[kruhl-er]
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noun
  1. a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
  2. Also called French cruller. a rich, light, raised doughnut, often with a ridged surface and sometimes topped with white icing.
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Origin of cruller

1795–1805, Americanism; < Dutch krul curl + -er1
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Examples from the Web for cruller

Historical Examples

  • Mark seized his third almost boiling cruller and turned to Billy.

    Janet of the Dunes

    Harriet T. Comstock

  • When she came out she asked her mother: 'Ma, can I have a cruller?'

    Dave Porter and His Rivals

    Edward Stratemeyer

  • She snatched the cruller off just in time to save it, and the room echoed her laughter.

  • There were three cookies, a cruller, and some chocolates in a box near the bottom.

    The Open Question

    Elizabeth Robins

  • As they had no cutter they used a knife, and twisted them, making them in shape like a cruller.

    The War Romance of the Salvation Army

    Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

British Dictionary definitions for cruller

cruller

kruller

noun
  1. US and Canadian a light sweet ring-shaped cake, fried in deep fat
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Word Origin

C19: from Dutch krulle, from krullen to curl
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Word Origin and History for cruller

n.

1805, American English, apparently from Dutch kruller, from krullen "to curl," from Middle Dutch crullen, related to curl.

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