boiled sweet

American  

noun

British.

1. hard candy.

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boiled sweet British  

noun

1. a hard sticky sweet of boiled sugar with any of various flavourings

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Example Sentences

He prompted laugher in the chamber by recalling a story from a visit Sir David made to see the Pope - when he "got his timing wrong" and removed a boiled sweet from his pocket whilst in the presence of the pontiff, inadvertently prompting him to bless it.

From BBC

Awakened from a nap, he appeared drowsy at first, but brightened up considerably when Dearie placed a few pieces of boiled sweet potato within reach.

From Washington Post

“I made her by hollowing out an enormous boiled sweet! Isn’t she beautiful! See how she comes cutting through the river!”

From Literature

Almost as soon as Héctor started to gum on mashed-up yucca and boiled sweet plantain, Mami’s features softened, her body filled out, and her belly rounded into a soft mound that got in her way whenever she tried to lift one of us into the tub for one of our baths.

From Literature

It is traditionally accompanied by chunks of boiled sweet potato or yuca and indigenous large-kernel corn nestled in the juices and by aji amarillo, the vivid yellow-orange table salsa made from the Andean pepper of the same name, and toasted dried corn, the inspiration for our “corn nuts.”

From Los Angeles Times