candyfloss

British

/ ˈkændɪˌflɒs /

noun

US and Canadian name: cotton candy. Austral name: fairyfloss. a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick

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Packed inside the Blean Bakery Box are cookies for £3.50 in an assortment of unusual flavours, and tubs of dunkable cookies with dips from candyfloss to brownie - all baked by Annabelle Cox.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

“When we start to stifle debate, and negate opposing arguments, we end up with candyfloss, not hard brilliance.”

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2022

Winbolt promises that the "air of Weston is a fine tonic" but I'm already catching a waft of candyfloss, chips and burgers, with perhaps the faintest hint of… is that whelks?

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2018

Inside, vendors sold balloons, candyfloss and posters of Sisi with Nasser, Sisi with a roaring lion, Sisi with his trademark sunglasses.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2016

Slightly cross-eyed, with shoulder-length white hair the texture of candyfloss, he wore a cap whose tassel dangled in front of his nose and robes of an eye-watering shade of egg-yolk yellow.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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