"Doughnut" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "great fun," and Nan entertained them all supper-time with an account of her adventures; for a big dog had barked at her, a man had laughed at her, a woman had given her a doughnut, and her hat had fallen into the brook when she stopped to drink, exhausted with ...
— Little Men - Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys • Louisa May Alcott
... old Chronicle. Among his final meditations as he dropped off to sleep was a gentle speculation as to who was City editor now and whether the comic supplement was still featuring the sprightly adventures of the Doughnut family. ...
— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
... me read a chapter in the Bible—but she most always gives me a doughnut or something when ...
— Chicken Little Jane • Lily Munsell Ritchie
... Duke jumped into the basket, landing in a dishevelled posture, which he did not alter until he had been drawn up and poured out upon the floor of sawdust with the box. There, shuddering, he lay in doughnut ...
— Penrod • Booth Tarkington
... noun for any set of memory bits. This usage is extremely archaic and may no longer be live jargon; it dates from the days of ferrite-{core} memories in which each bit was implemented by a doughnut-shaped magnetic flip-flop. ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0 |
