toffee

[ taw-fee, tof-ee ]

noun
  1. a brittle or chewy brown candy made of sugar or molasses boiled down with butter, often mixed with nuts.

  2. British. taffy.

Origin of toffee

1
First recorded in 1860–65; the earlier variants toughy, tuffy were first recorded in 1825–30 ; southern British dialect form of original northern British dialect taffy; further origin uncertain
  • Sometimes tof·fy .

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British Dictionary definitions for toffee

toffee

toffy

/ (ˈtɒfɪ) /


nounplural -fees or -fies
  1. a sweet made from sugar or treacle boiled with butter, nuts, etc

  2. for toffee (preceded by can't) informal to be incompetent at a specified activity: he can't sing for toffee

Origin of toffee

1
C19: variant of earlier taffy

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