candy floss
AmericanEtymology
Origin of candy floss
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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On a Thursday evening in late summer, Ann and Raymond Crandon from Merthyr Tydfil queued alongside the candy floss and ice cream stalls with their granddaughter, Lily, and shared fond memories of the fair.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025
Haidilao is known for its customer service and family-friendly atmosphere, where ladies can receive manicures and kids are treated to candy floss while waiting for a table.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025
To the west, the clouds unfurled like strawberry-pink candy floss.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024
A former columnist who had been fired from the Times of London for fabricating journalism, Johnson employed politics that were not so much spin as spun: an endless candy floss of gleeful nothingness.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
Dean Moran, opposite, eyes clenched, lips valving open as a cobra slithers out, a shiny cobra of half-digested toffee apple, candy floss, and three of Fryer Tuck's All-American Taste-Tastic Hot Dogs, highly recommended, writhing longer.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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