jelly doughnut
(North America) A doughnut filled with jam and usually topped with sugar.
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(North America) A doughnut filled with jam and usually topped with sugar.
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A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard or cream.
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A Burlington bun is what folks in Burlington and parts of Nova Scotia, Canada call a jelly doughnut — that classic deep-fried dough ball filled with sweet jam and dusted in sugar. Like many regional food nicknames, it's one of those hyperlocal terms that means nothing to outsiders but is immediately understood at the local bakery. If you order a jelly doughnut in the wrong Nova Scotian town, someone might gently correct you. Regional food slang is a real thing, and the Burlington bun is a tasty example.
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(Canada, Nova Scotia) A jelly doughnut.
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