doughnuteria

plural doughnuterias

1. rareRare form of doughnutery (“a doughnut shop”).

   We of this ship have also been enjoying ourselves at their ‘doughnuteria’ in the port . . .

   1944 March 2, Norman A. Armstrong, quotee, “N. A. Armstrong Praises Red Cross […]”, in The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, volume 32, number 2, Brattleboro, Vt., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 5

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   Seems to an innocent bystander that the local Salvation Army is overlooking some source of big income by not starting a regular army doughnuteria in Main street. And would it be crowded!

   1919 January 1, “Oatmeal and Mackerel”, in James W. Greene, editor, Buffalo Morning Express, volume LXXIII, number 302, Buffalo, N.Y.: J. N. Matthews Company, →OCLC, page 10, column 4

   Then came the hybrid “cafeteria,” a word whose origin seems lost in obscurity. It is neither Spanish nor English nor “United States.” It might be tolerable were it to stop at that. But now we have “cleaneteria,” “doughnuteria,” “groceteria,” “shaveteria,” and goodness knows how many more “terias.”

   [1921 October 13, Toddles [pseudonym], “Our Dictionaries Change With Each Edition”, in San Francisco Chronicle, volume CXIX, number 92, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Publishing Company, published 15 October 1921, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 4

   For some unaccountable reason a Catholic had strayed away from the Franciscan Fathers’ breadline on Grant Avenue and had wandered into the sheep herd at the doughnuteria.

   1930 July 25, M. T. R., “Starving Men Get in Battle over Religion […]”, in C. B. Ellis, editor, Industrial Worker, volume XII, number 33 (713 overall), Seattle, Wash.: Industrial Workers of the World, published 16 August 1930, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 6

   The ground floor is now being extensively remodeled and will house a “doughnuteria,” which will open around the middle of October.

   1948 September 23, “Large Industrial Real Estate Deals Completed Here”, in Buffalo Evening News, 1st edition, volume CXXXVI, number 139, Buffalo, N.Y., →OCLC, page 50, column 1

   THE KRISPY KREME people have something new at their retail sales room and coffee shop at 900 W. Trade St. It is called doughnuteria and works just like a cafeteria. Customers carry their own trays and select the type doughnuts they like best. The KK people say it is the second doughnuteria in the nation. The first is in Tampa, Fla.

   1961 June 26, Emery Wister, “Trade Talk: Carolina Rug Hits Hollywood via Air”, in Brodie S. Griffith, editor, The Charlotte News, final edition, Charlotte, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13-A, column 2