donuttery

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“There are still some neighborhood dinettes that look⟳ like⟳ German-American Bund meeting halls, and cheeseries, donutteries, satisfy-it-quick emporiums.”

“The Berger binge on battered butter and sugar seemed to relax⟳ the inhibitions of the usual cruller crowd who observed, in humbling fashion, that a neighboring donuttery, Old Town Donuts, drew frequent visits of “a real celebrity” — radio voice Charlie Brennan.”

“In much the same way a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower suggests the elegance of Paris or the Coliseum cues the viewer to the antiquity of Rome, the twenty-three-foot-diameter cement pastry that sits upon the roof of the donuttery [Randy’s Donuts] implies all that is kitschy about the City of Angels.”

“This unique donuttery [VooDoo Donuts], where the “magic is in the hole,” is the brainchild of business partners Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson and Tres Shannon.”

“Yes, I like⟳ to highlight local businesses in this column, but local franchises count⟳, too, and since DD [Dunkin’ Donuts] and KK [Krispy Kreme] are arch-rival donutteries (it’s a real word; don’t look⟳ it up), it was only fair.”

“But it does seem like⟳ that donuttery, that famous chain, is having a hundred-yen sale every time I turn⟳ around.”

“I tried to remember⟳ to exercise—to exercise for exercise’s sake, not just hauling boxes, getting laundry done, or walking to the video store, the library, and the local donuttery—but I was still working twelve to fourteen hours a day, six days a week.”

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