olykoek

American  

[ol-i-kook] / ˈɒl ɪˌkʊk /

noun

Hudson Valley: Older Use.

1. doughnut.

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Etymology

Origin of olykoek

1800–10, < New York Dutch; compare Dutch oliekoek oilseed cake, equivalent to olie oil + koek cake ( cookie )

Example Sentences

Young visitors can make scented balm, watch wool thread being spun, play old-fashioned board and card games and enjoy traditional treats like apple butter and olykoek, or deep-fried dough, from the house’s outdoor hearth.

From New York Times

In New York City, the doughnut no longer resembles the Dutch olykoek that Anna Joralemon started selling in 1673 from a shop on lower Broadway.

From New York Times

I think what you and I call the donut — fried flour with raised yeast and a hole in the center — has its strongest ethnic roots in the olykoek.

From Time

There was the doughty doughnut, the tender olykoek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller; sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes.

From Project Gutenberg