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1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck's bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, page 107:
[…]Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.
2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 October 2022:
The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.
2016 January 12, “'Boy racer' fined over donut tribute to pal”, in Belfast Telegraph:
The court heard that at the junction of the Ballyveely Road, Leslie - who was driving a BMW - performed the 'donuts' as others looked on.
Usage notes
This spelling was rare until 1950s, increasingly popular since then, possibly influenced by spread of Dunkin' Donuts (founded 1950).
