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Cadbury

American  
[kad-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈkæd bɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

  1. a Neolithic and Iron Age site in Somerset, England, traditionally the Camelot of King Arthur.


Cadbury British  
/ ˈkædbərɪ /

noun

  1. George. 1839–1922, British Quaker industrialist and philanthropist. He established, with his brother Richard Cadbury (1835–99), the chocolate-making company Cadbury Brothers and the garden village Bournville, near Birmingham, for their workers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Queen Victoria commissioned the big chocolate manufacturers Cadbury, JS Fry and Rowntree to specially produce tins for the troops.

From BBC May 12, 2026

Gowers says Cadbury did a good job steering the group out of the pandemic, and that Barrionuevo has a strong financial track record at both Iberia and British Airways.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

"Our Cadbury Dairy Milk products continue to be made with the same delicious recipes that consumers know and love," its spokesperson said.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

The 2009-10 pursuit of Cadbury by Kraft Foods began with Kraft’s offer of $16.7 billion and ended when shareholders accepted a bid of $19.6 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

"However," as Deborah Cadbury notes in her excellent history of the period, Terrible Lizard, "this piece of work was not quite as original as it appeared."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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