A kind of biscuit.
1814. A pack containing a few shirts and any quantity of “crullers.”—Sol. Smith, ‘Autobiography,’ p. 11 (1868).
1818. There was the doughty dough-nut, the tenderer oly koek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller; sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes.—W. Irving, ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow.’ (N.E.D.)
1847. Other dainties awaited us as the result of killing hogs. They were “dough-nuts” and “wonders,” the latter being known to you under the name of crullers. I can find neither word in Webster, and from early association prefer the former.—Dr. D. Drake, ‘Pioneer Life in Kentucky,’ p. 97.
