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taf⋅fy

[taf-ee]
–noun
1. a chewy candy made of sugar or molasses boiled down, often with butter, nuts, etc.
2. Informal. flattery.
Also, toffee, toffy.


Origin:
1810–20; var. of toffee

tof⋅fee

[taw-fee, tof-ee]
–noun
taffy.
Also, toffy.
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Word Origin & History

toffee 
1825, tuffy, toughy, southern British dial. variant of taffy. Modern spelling first recorded 1862.

Taffy 
characteristic name of a Welshman, c.1700, from Teifi, Welsh corruption of David (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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