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taffy

[ taf-ee ]

noun

plural taffies.
  1. a chewy candy made of sugar or corn syrup boiled down with butter or oil, pulled or stretched back and forth to incorporate air bubbles, then rolled, twisted, and cut into pieces.
  2. Informal. flattery.


taffy

1

/ 藞迟忙蹿瑟 /

noun

  1. a chewy sweet made of brown sugar or molasses and butter, boiled and then pulled so that it becomes glossy
  2. a less common term for toffee
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Taffy

2

/ 藞迟忙蹿瑟 /

noun

  1. a slang word or nickname for a Welshman
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of taffy1

First recorded in 1815鈥25; northern English dialect variant of toffee; toffee ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of taffy1

C19: perhaps from tafia

Origin of taffy2

C17: from the supposed Welsh pronunciation of Davy (from David, Welsh Dafydd ), a common Welsh Christian name
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Their specific offerings include pretzels, caramels, chocolate, taffy and cupcakes... just to name a few.

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Everything from Mexican pop to European experimentalism was strained, boiled, compressed and stretched into addictive instrumental taffy.

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The weekend was oceanic cliffs and Gilded Age mansions and a kaleidoscopic assortment of saltwater taffy.

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They always flew along the wires of this place like a kettle of jeweled hawks, cresting over the rooftops of turreted houses and quaint shops all stuck together like assorted taffies.

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It鈥檚 basically taffy with a peanut butter center, a joyous merger that has been made since the 1970s by Annabelle Candy Co. in Hayward.

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