1
: fritter
2
: a light square doughnut usually sprinkled with powdered sugar
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Yet, Jono rises from the dead to make beignets for breakfast.
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
Guests will learn all about it all in the ride's queue, which will smell like beignets.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
The property takes pampering seriously, and guests are greeted with a glass of prosecco and receive deliveries of fresh beignets and French-press coffee every morning.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
Walk through the historic French Quarter and try beignets at Café du Monde.
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—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Emma Soren, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
Guests will learn all about it all in the ride's queue, which will smell like beignets.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
The property takes pampering seriously, and guests are greeted with a glass of prosecco and receive deliveries of fresh beignets and French-press coffee every morning.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
Walk through the historic French Quarter and try beignets at Café du Monde.
18.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Beignet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beignet. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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