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Cronut

[ kroh-nuht, -nuht ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a pastry made from croissant dough that has been deep-fried and shaped into a thick doughnutlike ring.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cronut1

First recorded in 2010–13; cro(issant) + (dough)nut

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Example Sentences

By the spring of 2014, cronut creator Dominique Ansel was on to the chocolate chip cookie shooter filed with milk.

Just writing those last two sentences makes me feel better than a guy with sideburns describing his first Cronut on Yelp.

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