donut

CEFRA1

/ˈdəʊnʌt/

noun

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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I want a donut.
[…]Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.
The court heard that at the junction of the Ballyveely Road, Leslie - who was driving a BMW - performed the 'donuts' as others looked on.

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[…]Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.
1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck's bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, page 107
The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.
2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022
The court heard that at the junction of the Ballyveely Road, Leslie - who was driving a BMW - performed the 'donuts' as others looked on.
2016 December 1, “'Boy racer' fined over donut tribute to pal”, in Belfast Telegraph

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Alteration of doughnut, from dough + nut. Attested 1900.