taffy

[ taf-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural taf·fies.

a chewy candy made of sugar or corn syrup boiled down with butter or oil, pulled or stretched back and forth to incorporate air bubbles, then rolled, twisted, and cut into pieces.
Informal. flattery.

taffy

/ ˈtæfɪ /

a chewy sweet made of brown sugar or molasses and butter, boiled and then pulled so that it becomes glossy
a less common term for toffee

Taffy

/ ˈtæfɪ /

Origin of taffy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; northern English dialect variant of toffee; toffee ( def )

Origin of taffy¹

C19: perhaps from tafia

Origin of taffy²

C17: from the supposed Welsh pronunciation of Davy (from David, Welsh Dafydd ), a common Welsh Christian name

I made a painting of the scene with Katy licking an ice cream cone in a taffy forest.

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Erin Wasson speaks with a slow, gravelly drawl, chewing on her words like sticky pieces of taffy.

It seems to me they look more like candy themselves, with their taffy hair and peppermint-striped bathing-suits.

Well make a hot drink and the cake and ice-cream, with taffy, ought to be enough in all conscience, especially on Thanksgiving.

An insufficient amount of sugar will result in tough, sour jelly, while too large a quantity will make the jelly taffy-like.

Still others, such as taffy, are pulled until light in color and then cut into small pieces with a pair of scissors.

Then, again, taffy made from white sugar may be varied by means of many delightful colors and flavors.

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