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Mostly a dough/oil effect in the mouth; to anyone used to “dough-nuts” they seem weird at first.
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Giant ….. strawberry-jam filled …. dough-nuts …. in multiples of 3
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Mr. Green has brought nothing but tea from Kapapala, but Gandle has made some excellent rolls, besides feasting us on stewed fowl, dough-nuts, and milk!
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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Our host provided us with flour, sugar, and dough-nuts, and a hot breakfast, and our expedition, comprising two natives who knew not a word of English, Mr.G. who does not know very much more Hawaiian than I do, and myself, started at seven.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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In spite of my objection to stimulants, and in defiance of the law against giving liquor to natives, I made a great tin of brandy toddy, of which all partook, along with tinned salmon and dough-nuts.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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The hostess was known to possess a culinary experience of no ordinary scope, and the air of the house was heavy with the delicate incense of waffles and dough-nuts.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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_ -- Pardon me, Sir, but my eye has just fallen on yonder dish of dough-nuts, faced by those incense-breathing griddle-cakes.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various
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It is true, there may be more of beauty and sublimity in the scenery of the Hudson, in the gathering clouds and muttering thunder, than in the sight of dough-nuts and crullers, sweet-cakes and short-cakes, peach pies and pumpkin pies, slices of ham and slices of smoked beef; yet the spirit of poetry exists no more in the one than in the other.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various
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In one was coffee, which she was burning, stirring vigorously with a pudding-stick, -- and in the other, puffy dough-nuts, in shapes of rings, hearts, and marvellous twists, which
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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"Smoky White can dish up the slickest dough-nuts you ever slapped your lip onto," informed the modest individual who stroked his chin.
Bruvver Jim's Baby Philip Verrill Mighels
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