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jelly doughnut

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noun

  1. a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.


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While it's true that berliner is a word for jelly doughnut, it wasn't the preferred term in Berlin and the surrounding area at the time.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2022

Honestly, that doughnut that we had with Seth, I’ve never had a hot jelly doughnut in my life, and I was genuinely perplexed as to why I’d never had that before.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2019

The Hop and Hound will do a chocolate doughnut with coffee stout, French cruller with sour beer and a raspberry jelly doughnut with strawberry wheat beer.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2018

At right is in image taken on Jan. 8, 2014 showing a rock shaped like a jelly doughnut.

From Washington Post Jan. 23, 2014

When he came back he had a jelly doughnut in his hand and a sailor hat on his head.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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