jelly baby

noun

1. a small sweet made from a gelatinous substance formed to resemble a baby in shape

Example Sentences

"So when I go very low, I rely on the jelly baby to put me back in the right place."

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"When it significantly drops, I have to take a jelly baby," he said.

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As we cross the Wellington fault line, Kapiti Island, a predator-free bird sanctuary, sits slumped in the Tasman Sea like a giant jelly baby.

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But this act of pseudo-cannibalism isn't the only disturbing chapter in the history of the much-loved jelly baby.

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Confectionery historians believe the earliest jelly baby was the work of an Austrian confectioner who worked for Fryers of Lancashire.

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