taffy
see also: Taffy
Pronunciation
Taffy
Pronunciation
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see also: Taffy
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtæ.fi/
taffy
- (US) A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.
- (informal) Flattery.
- 1881, Mark Twain, Unfinished Burlesque on Books of Etiquette:
- ... if these statistices should seem to fail to tally with the facts, in places, do not nudge your neighbor, or press your foot upon his toes, or manifest, by any other sign, your awareness that taffy is being distributed.
- 1881, Mark Twain, Unfinished Burlesque on Books of Etiquette:
- Russian: ири́с
- Spanish: caramelo de melaza; chicloso (Mexico)
Taffy
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtæfi/
taffy (plural taffys)
- (slang, sometimes, pejorative) A Welshman.
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