Word Study
cruller
CIDE DICTIONARY
cruller, n. [Cf. Curl.].
A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cruller, n. US a small cake made of a rich dough twisted or curled and fried in fat.
Etymology
prob. f. Du. krullen curl
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