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Dunkin' Doughnuts

Dunkin' Doughnuts proper noun: dunkin' Donuts, an American multinational coffee and doughnut company.

Proper noun

Dunkin' Doughnuts

  1. (nonstandard) Dunkin' Donuts, an American multinational coffee and doughnut company.
    • Although she is president of Portia, the secretary of Players’ Club, a member of the Good Government Group, and secretary of her GOYA group at the Greek Orthodox Church, this energetic senior finds time to work at “Dunkin’ Doughnuts” in her spare time.1957 December, “Have You Met?”, in Marjorie Howe, editor, The Radiator, volume LXXV, Somerville, Mass.: Somerville High School, →OCLC, page 17, column 1
    • Dunkin’ Doughnuts on the Newburyport Turnpike reported Sunday that a worker at that establishment had suffered a bad fall.1958 March 10, “Police Notes”, in Daily Evening Item, volume 161, number 76, Lynn, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 1

Origin of Dunkin' Doughnuts

A respelling of the company’s name.

Questions about Dunkin' Doughnuts

What does Dunkin' Doughnuts mean?
Dunkin' Doughnuts means dunkin' Donuts, an American multinational coffee and doughnut company.
What part of speech is Dunkin' Doughnuts?
Dunkin' Doughnuts is a proper noun.

Words near Dunkin' Doughnuts in the dictionary

  1. dunkfest
  2. dunkfests
  3. dunkies
  4. Dunkin
  5. dunkin'
  6. Dunkin' Doughnuts
  7. Dunkineely
  8. dunking
  9. dunking bird
  10. dunking on
  11. dunking out

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