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Cruller

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crul⋅ler

  [kruhl-er]
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–noun
1. a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
2. Also called French cruller. a rich, light, raised doughnut, often with a ridged surface and sometimes topped with white icing.
Also, kruller.

Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; < D krul curl + -er 1
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crul·ler   (krŭl'ər)   
n.  

  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.


[From obsolete Dutch krulle-koken, rolled-up cake, from Middle Dutch crulle-koken, to curl, from crulle, curly.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

cruller 
1818, Amer.Eng., apparently from Du. cruller, from crullen "to curl."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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