doughnutery en · NOUN
Etymology
From doughnut + -ery.
Meanings
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A doughnut shop.
He goes into an all-night doughnutery at 3:40 a. m. and falls to talking with the lonely counterman, who is a college student as well and who isn’t satisfied with just selling doughnuts and coffee.
1958 October 12, Cumberland Sunday Times, volume LXXXIX, number 281, Cumberland, Md., page four:Visited one of those uptown doughnuteries noted for its good grade of drinkable coffee.
1937 October 17, The Pasadena Post, volume 19, number 35, Pasadena, Calif., page 18:Donut Delite, one of the Quad-Cities’ top doughnuteries with locations in Moline, Silvis and Rock Island, is celebrating its fifth anniversary today with 15 cent coffee and cake and raised doughnuts selling for $2 a dozen.
1985 January 12, The Daily Dispatch, 107th year, number 163, Moline, Ill., page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| doughnuteries | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| donuttery | Australia, Canada, US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| donuteria | Australia, Canada, US, alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| doughnuttery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| doughnuteria | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| donutery | Australia, Canada, US, alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
fi munkkikahvila (doughnut shop) · pl pączkarnia (doughnut shop) · fi donitsikahvila (doughnut shop) · ru по́нчиковая (doughnut shop) · fr donuterie (doughnut shop)