fritter

as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried she loves eating corn fritters with maple syrup

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Recent Examples of fritter What about those $2 beers, Chicago-style hot dogs and conch fritters that were perennial fixtures of the 75-year-old neighborhood Dania Beach Grill? Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025 The fritters have a good amount of breading without being greasy and the carrots still have some bite. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025 Though the apple fritter is award-worthy, the breakfast tacos are the main attraction. Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025 The total recall amounts to more than 2 million cases of doughnuts, fritters, paczki, eclairs and munchkins. Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fritter

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“Fritter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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