jelly doughnut
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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You won’t find a typical glazed or jelly doughnut behind the display case at Zuri’s, where wild combo flavors dolled up in technicolor are the counter shop’s M.O.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
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
When he appeared on “Late Show With David Letterman” in 2013, he pulled a jelly doughnut out of his coat pocket and took a bite.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2019
“Sure, go ahead, babe. Here. Have a nice jelly doughnut. I just bought them fresh this morning over by Magazine Street. Ignatius says to me this morning, ‘Momma, I sure feel like a jelly doughnut.’
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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