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Word: cruller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greased, Tabitha stopped smelling like an overgrown cruller, and the six-figure earnings soon became seven. "People think the muse is a literary character," says King, "some cute little pudgy devil who floats around the head of the creative person sprinkling fairy dust. Well, mine's a guy with a flattop in coveralls who looks like Jack Webb and says, 'All right, you son of a bitch, time to get to work.' " The ultimate workaholic obeyed the figure in coveralls every day, except for his birthday, the Fourth of July and Christmas. His work reflected more than the normal number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: King of Horror | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

THEY HAVE THIS CONTEST at Dunkin' Donuts. Buy a coffee or a cruller and you get a small, rectangular card. Back in the car, coffee resting on the floor, scratch the little wax squares off the card with your thumbnail; some luck and you've won "Tic Tac Dough." On the back are the odds against winning--an even chance would require drinking something more than a million cups of coffee...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Park Street Under Blues | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

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