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a wordDay-old

also: yesterday's · seconds

Not a complaint. A price.

Day-oldplain description: a donut a day old

Yesterday's donuts, sold cheap.

Root. plain description: a donut a day old
A trade usage rather than a dialect word; the rack is named after the age of what is on it. Tradition · this-project

The story Tradition

Tradition holds — a donut is a one-morning product, so the rack exists in nearly every independent shop and is priced to clear. Raised rings stale fastest.

The particulars

part of speechadjective
regionThe United States
confidencemedium · updated 2026-09-16

Who it runs with

the kitchenDay-oldWhere they sit.and of this page it says: The word.donutsGlazed raisedWhich ones go first.

Who talks about it

donuts · on this pageBavarian creamWhat a filled donut is not sold as.the kitchen · on this pageThe fillerWhat filled donuts are not sold as.

Where we got it

Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.

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