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rock candy

noun

  1. sugar in large, hard, cohering crystals.


rock candy

noun

  1. a hard candy, typically a long brightly-coloured peppermint-flavoured stick, sold esp in holiday resorts Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)rock


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rock candy1

First recorded in 1715–25

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Example Sentences

Today, the ease of accessing data over the Internet is the big rock candy mountain of “oppo” research.

Beneath the croquembouche and rock candy tiaras, these are real women.

If I caught cold from going bareheaded, so much the better; mother would give me rock candy for my cough.

The water evaporates, and the tiny crystals grow, one joining to another as they do in rock candy.

They gave us crystalized sugar, resembling rock candy, for sweetening purposes, but themselves drank tea without sugar or milk.

After giving me sweetened lime juice and a piece of rock candy, he entered his patio and assumed the lotus posture.

Imitation baskets of rock candy tied with bows of candy ribbons holding preserved citron, ginger and nuts glacé.

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