Lexicographical Neighbors of Olykoeks
Literary usage of Olykoeks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"... and called doughnuts, or olykoeks ' —a delicious kind of cake, at present
scarce known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... but it was always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough,
fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts or olykoeks,— a delicious kind of ..."
3. Works by Washington Irving (1857)
"... fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks,—a delicious kind of
cake, at present scarce known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families. ..."
4. Knickerbocker's History of New York by Washington Irving, Edward Windsor Kemble (1893)
"... fried in hog's fat, and called doughnuts, or olykoeks,—a delicious kind of
cake, at present scarce known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families. ..."
5. A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1868)
"... and called doughnuts, or olykoeks,— a delicious kind of cake, at present scarce
known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families. ..."
6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"... and called doughnuts, or olykoeks — a delicious kind of cake, at present scarce
known in this city, excepting in genuine Dutch families. ..."
7. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"In the Dutch-settled districts the word olykoeks, which Washington Irving has
made classic, is used for some of the varieties. Crullers is also common for ..."
8. School Reading by Grades: First[-eighth] Year by James Baldwin (1897)
"... fried in hog's fat and called doughnuts or olykoeks, a delicious kind of cake,
at present little known in this city, except in genuine Dutch families. ..."
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