toffee

or tof·fy

[ taw-fee, tof-ee ]

/ ˈtɔ fi, ˈtɒf i /

noun

taffy.

Nearby words

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Examples from the Web for toffee

So rich and delicious, so dark and layered with coffee and hazelnuts, toffee, orange peel, cigar box.
Why Maya Angelou Loved Sherry, The Drink of Brilliant Renegades|Jordan Salcito|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because stout beers are made by roasting malt or barley, certain types have clear hints of coffee, toffee, and chocolate.
5 Pioneering Ways to Cook with Beer|Stacey Slate|February 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
You would not have a boy prefer whist to fives, nor tobacco to toffee, nor Tolstoï to Charles Lever.
Essays in Little|Andrew Lang
And the fellows fought me because I wouldn't give in about the toffee.
Vocal Expression|Katherine Jewell Everts

Evie hastily followed Annie's example, and sacrificed a private store of toffee on the altar of hospitality.
The School by the Sea|Angela Brazil
Little Mildred was very sad that she was not allowed to take him his “tup of toffee.”
Molly Brown's College Friends|Nell Speed
There was also toffy that was sold by weight, of which Everton toffee was the chief favourite.
From John O'Groats to Land's End|Robert Naylor and John Naylor

British Dictionary definitions for toffee

toffee

toffy

/ (ˈtɒfɪ) /

noun plural -fees or -fies

a sweet made from sugar or treacle boiled with butter, nuts, etc

for toffee (preceded by can't) informal to be incompetent at a specified activityhe can't sing for toffee

Word Origin for toffee

C19: variant of earlier taffy

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Word Origin and History for toffee

toffee

1825, tuffy, toughy, southern British dialectal variant of taffy. Modern spelling first recorded 1862.