| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cruller |
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| SYLLABICATION: | crul·ler |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kr l  r |
| NOUN: | 1. Chiefly Northeastern, Central Atlantic, & Upper Northern U.S. A small, usually ring-shaped or twisted cake of sweet dough fried in deep fat. 2. Chiefly New England & Pennsylvania An unraised doughnut, usually twisted but also shaped into rings or oblongs. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From obsolete Dutch krulle-koken, rolled-up cake, from Middle Dutch crulle-koken, to curl, from crulle, curly.
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