jelly doughnut
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
And they have a good, dense, yeasted jelly doughnut.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022
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
An otherwise good jelly doughnut can be undone by an inferior filling loaded with corn starch and too little fruit.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2017
When you cut into a normal spleen with a scalpel, it gives about as much resistance to the knife as a jelly doughnut, and it drips a lot of blood.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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