Taffy

Word TAFFY
Character 5
Hyphenation taf fy
Pronunciations /ˈtæ.fi/

Definitions and meanings of "Taffy"

What do we mean by taffy?

A sweet, chewy candy of molasses or brown sugar boiled until very thick and then pulled with the hands or by machine until the candy is glossy and holds its shape. noun

Flattery. noun

To give taffy to; prevail upon by means of flattery: as, he was taffied into yielding.

A Welshman. noun

A coarse kind of candy, made of sugar or molasses boiled down and then cooled in shallow pans, often mixed with the meats of various kinds of nuts, as almonds, etc. noun

Hence Crude compliment or flattery; cajolery; blarney; soft soap. noun

A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans. noun

Flattery; soft phrases. noun

A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar. noun

Chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy noun

A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.

Flattery.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Taffy

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The word "taffy" in example sentences

This colored "taffy" is cut into circles about the size of a tortilla, and hung on a clothesline to dry out a bit more. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Wyndham-Price even paused to joke that Georgia's saltwater taffy is better than Utah's. ❋ Trinfaneb (2008)

These look just like my favorite salt water taffy from the coast! ❋ Anne-Marie (2007)

On bad days a packet of splenda will be tempting (skip it), but I’ve found saltwater taffy from the Candy Baron in San Francisco, fresh fruit from a client breakfast, and even chicken liver pate … hey, I made that! ❋ Unknown (2008)

"This is organ grinder, calling taffy pull, over." ❋ Ahern, Jerry (1984)

Domingo for its excellent "dulce de leche," a kind of milk taffy, which is well made elsewhere in the Republic, but is better in Azua as it is here prepared from goat's milk. ❋ Otto Schoenrich (N/A)

Chewing taffy, which is explained in the accompanying recipe, is a candy of this kind. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

She smiled at him again, as if his appreciation of her taffy was a bond of good fellowship between them. ❋ Unknown (1908)

The taffy is a lovely purple, and it's the consistency of melted taffy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The creature was approximately 7-10 feet in length, wormlike, grey and "taffy" like in appearance. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Still others, such as taffy, are pulled until light in color and then cut into small pieces with a pair of scissors. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Molasses candy or "taffy," is carried about and sold by young girls, made from the syrup of sugar cane, which does not differ in appearance and flavor from that of civilized countries. ❋ Martin Robinson Delany (N/A)

The people are stuffed upon "taffy" and the men in power are thus enabled to deceive the people and strengthen themselves for the tightening of their grip upon the offices. ❋ Unknown (1905)

The above slug of "taffy" was accompanied by a woodcut portrait of Miss H-- s which made her resemble a half-naked Indian squaw suffering with an acute attack of mulligrubs, superinduced by an overfeed of baked dog. ❋ Unknown (1898)

See how he greedily seizes upon every little chunk of "taffy" and rolls it as a sweet morsel under his tongue; how he places in his cap every foolish feather which the idle wind of puffery wafts within his clutch, and then struts in the face of Heaven, a sight to provoke the contempt of men, the pity of the gods! ❋ Unknown (1898)

You need to stop its boiling at precisely the right moment, else it suddenly reaches the point where, when you cool it, it grows brittle like "taffy," and then good-bye to maple-wax for that kettleful. ❋ Ruth Ogden (1890)

All up and down this happy avenue there went girls of several dozen sizes and ages, crying a particular kind of taffy, proper to the day and place, and never to be had on any other day in any other place. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

Something too much of "taffy" we have thought was given us at times for, in getting bigger in various ways, we have grown more modest. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

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