toffy
5.3
A sweet made by boiling sugar and butter until it becomes hard
- noun
- /ˈtɔfi/
- UK
- She made homemade toffy for the school bake sale.
Examples
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The old-fashioned shop sells toffy in many different flavors.
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I bought some delicious toffy at the fair.
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Children love to chew on sticky toffy during the holidays.
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These toffies are my favorite candy!
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Children love to chew on sticky toffy during the holidays.
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She made homemade toffy for the school bake sale.
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The old-fashioned shop sells toffy in many different flavors.
Synonyms
Compounds
How Chewy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toffy is a form of toffee and is like the chewy sweet taffy, so think of it as boiled sugar and butter cooled into sticky, thin sheets — a 'chewy candy'.