Toffy

His native accent is a bit toffy, so he affects something a little bit more lower class to keep the populace happy. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

Poirot gets involved with an investigation at a very toffy girl's school, and he doesn't really expect to get involved in international intrigue, but it doesn't take him long to work out something odd is going on. ❋ Blue Tyson (2007)

Kate Masters was a jolly bouncing schoolgirl of fifteen, who was not too proud to eat toffy, and thought herself still a child. ❋ Unknown (2004)

They were forbidden, however, to go anywhere except on the down and into the woods; the village had been especially prohibited, where huge bull's-eyes and unctuous toffy might be procured in exchange for coin of the realm. ❋ Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 (1971)

From whence it being only a step to the toffy shop, what could be more simple than to go on there and fill their pockets; or what more certain than that on their return, a distribution of treasure having been made, the usher should shortly detect the forbidden smell of bull's-eyes, and, a search ensuing, discover the state of the breeches-pockets of Tom and his ally? ❋ Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 (1971)

They knew that booths or standings would be erected all over the town, some even on the footpath, displaying all manner of cakes, toffy, and nuts that would delight their eyes and sweeten their mouths, if they had the money wherewith to buy, and if not, there was the chance of persuading some stranger to come to the rescue! ❋ Robert Naylor (N/A)

Winnie fled to the rescue of her beloved toffy, and seized the spoon from her brother's swaying hand. ❋ Grace Beaumont (N/A)

I am sure this will be excellent toffy, but -- Dick, you shocking boy! whatever are you doing? ❋ Grace Beaumont (N/A)

Another line of man-killers that we had to move were "toffy apples." ❋ Robert Derby Holmes (N/A)

Poor Ann! he wondered if they had toffy-pullings at Mipps's now. ❋ Various (N/A)

While these worthies hold forth for the benefit of distant Missouri and Michigan, their colleagues write their letters, read the newspapers, chew tobacco, as little boys do toffy in England, and expectorate at leisure. ❋ Various (N/A)

"There are few things in this wide world that can be mentioned in the same breath with them, but toffy also has its potency upon the spirit." ❋ Mona Caird (N/A)

There was also toffy that was sold by weight, of which Everton toffee was the chief favourite. ❋ Robert Naylor (N/A)

The young cook drew her slight figure up and said with an air of offended dignity, "I flatter myself that I am quite capable of making excellent toffy, Richard Blake, and am well aware as to the proper ingredients." ❋ Grace Beaumont (N/A)

And yet I remember seeing female hucksters in those regions, with their wares on the edge of the sidewalk and their own seats right in the carriage-way, pretending to sell half-decayed oranges and apples, toffy, Ormskirk cakes, combs and cheap jewelry, the coarsest kind of crockery, and little plates of oysters, -- knitting patiently all day long, and removing their undiminished stock in trade at nightfall. ❋ Various (N/A)

But the winter days were yet to come, though the cold autumn winds and falling leaves heralded their sure approach; and this evening Winnie and Dick were engaged -- not in wandering hand in hand into wonderland, but in the prosaic occupation of making toffy. ❋ Grace Beaumont (N/A)

The most common sweet in those days was known as "treacle toffy," which was sold in long sticks wrapped from end to end in white paper, to protect the children's fingers when eating it, in spite of which it was no unusual sight to see both hands and faces covered with treacle marks, and thus arose the name of "treacle chops," as applied to boys whose cheeks were smeared with treacle. ❋ Robert Naylor (N/A)

In one were sweet biscuits, in another brandy-balls, peppermints, pear-drops and toffy. ❋ Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels (1920)

And then she stopped and nothing could be heard but the click, click, click, of the toffy as it snapped to and fro in the huge fingers of the student. ❋ Grace Miller White (1912)

"Frederick, if I arrange the toffy pull, do you suppose Mr. Jordan would come?" ❋ Grace Miller White (1912)