taffy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun taffy has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

taffyn. [Prov. E. taffy toffy.].
  •  A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Flattery; soft phrases.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

taffy, n. (pl. -ies) colloq. often offens. a Welshman.

Etymology
supposed Welsh pronunc. of Davy = David (Welsh Dafydd)
taffy, n. (pl. -ies) US 1 a confection like toffee.
2 insincere flattery.

Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.

ROGET THESAURUS

taffy

Sweetness

N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.


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